| Description |
1 online resource (xviii, 191 pages) |
| Series |
Handbook of Oriental studies. Section 1, Near and Middle East ; v. 71 = Handbuch der Orientalistik |
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Handbuch der Orientalistik. Erste Abteilung, Nahe und der Mittlere Osten ; 71. Bd.
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| Contents |
Preface; Abbreviations; CHAPTER ONE: The Sumerian Language; CHAPTER TWO: How we read Sumerian; CHAPTER THREE: Minimalia of Sumerian phonology and syllabic structure; CHAPTER FOUR: The "word" in Sumerian, parts of speech; CHAPTER FIVE: Substantives; CHAPTER SIX: Adjectives; CHAPTER SEVEN: Determination, specification: demonstrative particles; CHAPTER EIGHT: Overview of the sequence of particles for possession, number and case; CHAPTER NINE: Pronouns; CHAPTER TEN: Numerals; CHAPTER ELEVEN: Adverbs; CHAPTER TWELVE: The verb |
| Summary |
Drawing on introductory courses in Sumerian he taught for many years, Edzard (emeritus, Assyriology, Munich U.) commences his descriptive grammar of the general characteristics and specific features of the language of the inventors of cuneiform writing with his views on the "hopeless" debate over the language's linguistic affiliation. After describ |
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 181-185) and index |
| Notes |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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Print version record |
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| Subject |
Sumerian language -- Grammar
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FOREIGN LANGUAGE STUDY -- Miscellaneous.
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Sumerian language -- Grammar
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
1417506008 |
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9781417506002 |
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9047403401 |
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9789047403401 |
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1280466839 |
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9781280466830 |
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9786610466832 |
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6610466831 |
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