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Author Allen, James P., 1945-

Title The Ancient Egyptian Language : an Historical Study
Published Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2013

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Description 1 online resource (270 pages)
Contents Preface; Conventions; 1. Phonological conventions; 2. Glossing conventions; 1 Ancient Egyptian; 1.1 Affinities; 1.2 Historical overview; 1.3 Writing; 1.4 Diachronic analysis; Part One Phonology; 2 Coptic phonology; 2.1 The Coptic alphabet; 2.2 Syllable structure and stress; 2.3 Vowels; 2.4 Consonants; 3 Coptic and Egyptian; 3.1 Syllable structure and stress; 3.2 Vowels; 3.3 Consonants; 4 Correspondents and cognates; 4.1 Egyptian renditions of Semitic words; 4.2 Cognates; 4.3 Values from correspondents and cognates; 5 Egyptian phonology; 5.1 The consonants; 5.1.1 j/y; 5.1.2 /n/r
5.1.35.1.4 w/b/p/f/m; 5.1.5 h////; 5.1.6 z/s; 5.1.7 q/k/g; 5.1.8 t//d/; 5.2 Egyptian consonantal phones and phonemes; 5.3 The graphemes of Egyptian; 5.4 General historical processes; Part Two Grammar; 6 Nouns, pronouns, and adjectives; 6.1 Nouns; 6.2 Interrogative and demonstrative pronouns; 6.3 Personal pronouns; 6.3.1 Suffix pronouns; 6.3.2 Stative pronouns; 6.3.3 Enclitic pronouns; 6.3.4 Independent pronouns; 6.4 Noun phrases; 6.5 Adjectives; 7 Non-verbal predicates; 7.1 Nominal predicates; 7.2 Adjectival predicates; 7.3 Adverbial predicates; 7.4 Negations
7.5 Non-verbal predicates with jw8 Verbs; 8.1 The lexical level; 8.1.1 Biliteral; 8.1.2 Triliteral; 8.1.3 Quadriliteral; 8.2 The phrasal level; 8.3 The clausal level; 8.4 The sentential level; 9 Verbs: Egyptian I; 9.1 Morphology; 9.1.1 Infinitivals; 9.1.2 Nominals; 9.1.3 Imperative; 9.1.4 Stative; 9.1.5 Suffix conjugation; 9.1.6 Suffix conjugation: stp.f; 9.2 Features of the primary verbal system; 9.2.1 Finitude; 9.2.2 Dynamism; 9.2.3 Voice; 9.2.4 Mood; 9.2.5 Aspect; 9.2.6 Summary; 9.3 Negations; 9.4 The expression of past and perfect; 9.5 Analytic constructions; 9.6 Verbal predicates with jw
10 Verbs: Egyptian II10.1 Synthetic forms; 10.2 Analytic forms; 10.3 The verbal system of Egyptian II; 11 Verbs: Egyptian I-II; 11.1 Inflected forms; 11.2 Semantic features; 11.2.1 Voice; 11.2.2 Dynamism; 11.2.3 Mood; 11.2.4 Aspect; 11.2.5 Tense; 11.2.6 Specificity; 12 Subordination; 12.1 Parataxis: noun clauses; 12.2 Parataxis: adverb clauses; 12.3 Parataxis: relative clauses; 12.4 Hypotaxis: nominal forms; 12.5 Hypotaxis: other dedicated forms; 12.6 Hypotaxis: subordinating morphemes; 12.6.1 js; 12.6.2 wnt/ntt and jwt; 12.6.3 r d> d>; 12.6.4 sk and tj; 12.6.5 jw; 12.6.6 ntj and jwtj
12.7 SummaryNotes; Bibliography; Indices
Summary The first comprehensive study of how the phonology and grammar of ancient Egyptian changed over four millennia of language history
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes English
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Subject Egyptian language -- History
Egyptian language -- Grammar, Historical
Egyptian language -- Phonology
FOREIGN LANGUAGE STUDY -- African Languages.
Egyptian language
Egyptian language -- Phonology
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
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