The Grammar of Perspective: The Sumerian Conjugation Prefixes as a System of Voice

by Christopher Woods

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...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9004148043
• ISBN13: 9789004148048
• Release Date: June 2008
• Publisher: Brill
• Length: 348 Pages
• Weight: 1.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.6" x 9.8"