Copular clauses and focus marking in Sumerian /

This work is the first comprehensive description of Sumerian constructions involving a copula. Applying the terminology of modern descriptive linguistics, it is accessible to both linguists and sumerologists. Using around 400 fully glossed examples, the book provides an analysis of all uses of the c...

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Main Author:	Zólyomi, Gábor (Author)
Corporate Author:	Walter de Gruyter & Co
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Language Notes:	In English.
Published:	Warsaw ; Berlin : De Gruyter Open, 2014.
Series:	Language, literature
Subjects:	Sumerian language > Syntax. Sumérien (Langue) > Syntaxe. LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES > Linguistics > Syntax. Sumerian, copula, focus, information structure, copular clauses, grammaticalization, cuneiform languages. Electronic books.
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book

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Summary:	This work is the first comprehensive description of Sumerian constructions involving a copula. Applying the terminology of modern descriptive linguistics, it is accessible to both linguists and sumerologists. Using around 400 fully glossed examples, the book provides an analysis of all uses of the copula and provides a description of the morphological and syntactic devices used to mark identificational, polarity and sentence focus in Sumerian.
Physical Description:	1 online resource (200 pages).
Bibliography:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 186-192) and indexes.
ISBN:	9783110401707 3110401703