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Sumerian grammar /

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" deba...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Edzard, Dietz Otto
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2003.
Series:Handbuch der Orientalistik. Nahe und der Mittlere Osten ; 71. Bd.
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Table of 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.