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The Grammar of Perspective

By Christopher Woods

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The Grammar of Perspective

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The so-called Sumerian conjugation prefixes are the most poorly understood and perplexing elements of Sumerian verbal morphology. Approaching the problem from a functional-typological perspective and basing the analysis upon semantics, Professor Woods argues that these elements, in their primary function, constitute a system of grammatical voice, in which the active voice is set against the middle voice. The latter is represented by heavy and light markers that differ with respect to focus and emphasis. As a system of grammatical voice, the conjugation prefixes provided Sumerian speakers with a linguistic means of altering the perspective from which events may be viewed, giving speakers a series of options for better approximating in language the infinitely graded spectrum of human conceptualization and experience.
Product details
Edition:
1
Number of Pages:
348
Release Date:
2008-06-25
Publication Date:
2008-06-25
Publisher:
Brill
Languages:
Original: English
ISBN10:
9004148043
ISBN13:
9789004148048
Weight:
733 g
Height:
164 cm
Width:
249 cm
Thickness:
27 cm
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