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The Akkadian Language in its Semitic Context: Studies in the Akkadian of the Second Millennium BC
10 English, 2 German contributions. Based on 12 papers (10 in English, 2 in German) presented at a symposium held in Leiden, Dec. 2004.
Contents:
Proto-Semitic and Proto-Akkadian / J. Huehnergard --
The "weak" verb : Akkadian and Beja / G. Gragg --
Die ältesten semitischen Sprachzeugnisse : eine kritische Bestandsaufnahme / W. Sommerfeld --
Das Ebla-akkadische als Teil des altakkadischen Dialektkontinuums / D.O. Edzard --
Some questions concerning word formation in Akkadian / M. Krebernik --
Eblaite in its geographical and historical context / A. Archi --
Eblaite, Akkadian and east Semitic / G. Rubio --
An Akkadian-Arabic cognate-pair and the formation of stem-based diminutives in early Semitic / D. Testen --
The Proto-Semitic gutturals in old Assyrian / N.J.C. Kouwenberg --
Old Assyrian vs. old Babylonian : the lexical dimension / L. Kogan --
Sibilants in the old Babylonian texts of Hammurapi and of the governors in Qaṭṭunān / M.P. Streck --
Do not trust the assyriologists! : some remarks on the transliteration and normalization of old Babylonian Akkadian / A. Westenholz
Contents:
Proto-Semitic and Proto-Akkadian / J. Huehnergard --
The "weak" verb : Akkadian and Beja / G. Gragg --
Die ältesten semitischen Sprachzeugnisse : eine kritische Bestandsaufnahme / W. Sommerfeld --
Das Ebla-akkadische als Teil des altakkadischen Dialektkontinuums / D.O. Edzard --
Some questions concerning word formation in Akkadian / M. Krebernik --
Eblaite in its geographical and historical context / A. Archi --
Eblaite, Akkadian and east Semitic / G. Rubio --
An Akkadian-Arabic cognate-pair and the formation of stem-based diminutives in early Semitic / D. Testen --
The Proto-Semitic gutturals in old Assyrian / N.J.C. Kouwenberg --
Old Assyrian vs. old Babylonian : the lexical dimension / L. Kogan --
Sibilants in the old Babylonian texts of Hammurapi and of the governors in Qaṭṭunān / M.P. Streck --
Do not trust the assyriologists! : some remarks on the transliteration and normalization of old Babylonian Akkadian / A. Westenholz
310 pages, Paperback
First published July 28, 2006
About the author
Guy Deutscher
6 books250 followersGuy Deutscher is the author of Through the Language Glass and The Unfolding of Language. Formerly a Fellow of St. John's College, Cambridge and of the Department of Ancient Near Eastern Languages in the University of Leiden in the Netherlands, he is an honorary Research Fellow at the School of Languages, Linguistics and Cultures in the University of Manchester.
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For the physics professor, please see: Guy Deutscher.
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January 11, 2014
This is a collection of essays from The Second Leiden Symposium, on the topic "The Akkadian Language in its Semitic Context. The lead article is by heavyweight Assyriologist John Huehnergard entitled "Proto-Semitic and Proto-Akkadian", where he attempts to tease out the differences between Proto-Semitic and Proto-East-Semititc (which produced Akkadian and Eblaite).
Second is by G. Gragg - The "Weak" verb: Akkadian and Beja, where he uses a Berber language to help build the case for bi-consonantal roots in Semitic verbal paradigms
Third is W. Sommerfeld's "Die ältesten semitischen sprachzeugnisse - eine kritische bestandsaufnahme", much of which is English quotations.
Fourth, D.O. Edzard's "Das Ebla-akkadische als Teil des altakkadischen dialektkontinuums"
Fifth, M. Krebernik's "Some questions concerning word formation in Akkadian" ... which he does not answer!
Sixth, A. Archi's "Eblaite in its geographical and historical context"
7th, G. Rubio's "Eblaite, Akkadian, and East Semitic"
8th, D. Testen "An Akkadian-Arabic cognate-pair and the formation of stem-based diminuitives in early Semitic"
9th, N.J.C. Kouwenberg "The Proto-Semitic gutterals in Old Assyrian"
10th, L. Kogan "Old Assyrian vs. Old Babylonian: the lexical dimenion"
11th, M.P. Streck Sibilants in the Old Babylonian texts of Hammurapi and of the governors of Qaṭṭunān"
12th, A. Westenholz "Do not trust the Assyriologists! Some remarks on the transliteration and normalization of Old Babylonian Akkadian"
Second is by G. Gragg - The "Weak" verb: Akkadian and Beja, where he uses a Berber language to help build the case for bi-consonantal roots in Semitic verbal paradigms
Third is W. Sommerfeld's "Die ältesten semitischen sprachzeugnisse - eine kritische bestandsaufnahme", much of which is English quotations.
Fourth, D.O. Edzard's "Das Ebla-akkadische als Teil des altakkadischen dialektkontinuums"
Fifth, M. Krebernik's "Some questions concerning word formation in Akkadian" ... which he does not answer!
Sixth, A. Archi's "Eblaite in its geographical and historical context"
7th, G. Rubio's "Eblaite, Akkadian, and East Semitic"
8th, D. Testen "An Akkadian-Arabic cognate-pair and the formation of stem-based diminuitives in early Semitic"
9th, N.J.C. Kouwenberg "The Proto-Semitic gutterals in Old Assyrian"
10th, L. Kogan "Old Assyrian vs. Old Babylonian: the lexical dimenion"
11th, M.P. Streck Sibilants in the Old Babylonian texts of Hammurapi and of the governors of Qaṭṭunān"
12th, A. Westenholz "Do not trust the Assyriologists! Some remarks on the transliteration and normalization of Old Babylonian Akkadian"
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