The Syntax of Volitives in Biblical Hebrew and Amarna Canaanite Prose (LSAWS 9)
by Dallaire, Hélène
•Eisenbrauns 2014
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Overview
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 understanding of the phonology, morphology, and syntax of the Semitic languages has increased substantially.
Hélène Dallaire’s contribution to the Linguistic Studies in Ancient West Semitic series focuses primarily on prose texts in Biblical Hebrew and Amarna Canaanite in which the verbal system (morphemes, syntax) expresses nuances of wishes, desires, requests, and commands. According to her, volitional concepts are found in every language and are expressed through verbal morphemes, syntagmas, intonation, syntax, and other linguistic means.
The Syntax of Volitives in Biblical Hebrew and Amarna Canaanite Prose attempts to answer the following questions:
In attempting to answer these questions, the author bears in mind the fact that, within each of these two languages, scribes from different areas used specific dialectal and scribal traditions (for example, northern versus southern, peripheral versus central).
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Contents
- Introduction
- Assumptions
- Methodology
- Corpus of Texts
- Definition of Terms
- Sociolinguistic Issues
- Modality in Sign Language
- Three-Person System of Volitives
- Modality in Semitic Languages
- Biblical Hebrew
- Introduction
- The Imperative
- The Jussive
- The Cohortative
- Additional Verbs with Modal Functions
- Conclusion
- Amarna (EA) Canaanite
- Introduction
- Proposed Paradigms for the Canaanite Verbal System
- The Imperative
- The Jussive
- The yaqtula
- Verbal Sequences with Volitives
- Additional Verbs with Modal Functions
- Conclusion
- Conclusion
- Yaqtul (jussive)
- Yaqtula
- Yaqtulan(na)
- Regular Imperative
- Imperative with Modal Ending -a
- Long Imperative with Ending -n(na)
- The Volitives and Social Dynamics
Product Details
- Title: The Syntax of Volitives in Biblical Hebrew and Amarna Canaanite Prose (LSAWS 9)
- Author: Hélène Dallaire
- Series: Linguistic Studies in Ancient West Semitic (LSAWS)
- Publisher: Eisenbrauns
- Publication Date: 2014
- Pages: 262
- Resource Type: Monograph
- Topic: Hebrew
About Hélène Dallaire
Hélène Dallaire is associate professor of Old Testament at Deniver Seminary, and an ordained minister in the Evangelical Church Alliance. She has authored a number of academic papers and books, including the forthcoming Biblical Hebrew: A Living Language. Dallaie has studied at numerous institutions including, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, the Institute for Holy Land Studies in Jerusalem, McMaster University, and Western Pentecostal Bible College in British Columbia.
