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Syntactic change in Akkadian : the evolution of sentential complementation /

In this book Guy Deutscher examines the historical development of Akkadian, the oldest recorded Semitic language and one of the earliest attested languages. Two thousand years of texts from 2500BC to 500BC provide a unique source for the study of linguistic change. The first two parts of the book pr...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Deutscher, Guy, 1969-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Oxford ; New York : Oxford Univ. Press, ©2000.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • Preface; Abbreviations; Sources, Text Editions; Part I: Preliminary Chapters; Part II: Structural History: The Emergence of Complementizers and Quotatives; Part III: Functional History: The Changes in the Functional Domain of Complementation from 2500 BC to 500 BC; Part IV: The Development of Complementation as an Adaptive Process; Glossary; References; Index of Subjects; Index of Quoted Texts.