The syntax of volitives in biblical Hebrew and Amarna Canaanite prose / Helene Dallaire.
"During the past century, numerous books and articles have appeared on the verbal system of Semitic languages. Thanks to the discovery of Ugaritic texts, Akkadian tablets, Canaanite letters found at Tell el-Amarna in Egypt, Hebrew and Aramaic inscriptions, and the Dead Sea Scrolls, our understa...
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2014.
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Table of Contents:
- Acknowledgments
- Abbreviations
- General
- Reference Works
- Introduction
- 1.1.�Introduction
- 1.2.�Assumptions
- 1.3.�Methodology
- 1.4.�Corpus of Texts
- 1.5.�Definition of Terms
- 1.6.�Sociolinguistic Issues
- 1.7.�Modality in Sign Language
- 1.8.�Three-Person System of Volitives
- 1.9.�Modality in Semitic Languages
- Biblical Hebrew
- 2.1.�Introduction
- 2.2.�The Imperative
- 2.3.�The Jussive
- 2.4.�The Cohortative
- 2.5.�Additional Verbs with Modal Functions
- 2.6.�Conclusion.
- El Amarna Canaanite3.1.�Introduction
- 3.2.�Proposed Paradigms for the Canaanite Verbal System
- 3.3.�The Imperative
- 3.4.�The Jussive
- 3.5.�The yaqtula
- 3.6.�Verbal Sequences with Volitives
- 3.7.�Additional Verbs with Modal Functions
- 3.8.�Conclusion
- Conclusion
- 4.1.�Yaqtul (Jussive)
- 4.2.�Yaqtula
- 4.3.�Yaqtulan(na)
- 4.4.�Regular Imperative.