{"product_id":"the-modal-system-of-old-babylonian-paperback","title":"The Modal System of Old Babylonian - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eEran Cohen\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis monograph is a corpus-based description of the modal system of epistolary Old Babylonian, one of the best attested Akkadian dialects, using the European structural method. The study strives to match a concrete exponent (i.e., an array of formal features, morphological and syntactic) with a semantic value, in using syntactic criteria. The book treats: \u003cbr\u003e 1. the asseverative paradigm (used for insistence, concession and oath), explaining the syntactic mechanism behind these forms;\u003cbr\u003e 2. the various precative-based paradigms in various syntactic conditions: the directive group, the wish group and the interrogative group;\u003cbr\u003e 3. the same forms occurring in special syntactic patterns-the sequential precative and the concessive-conditional precative;\u003cbr\u003e 4. the paratactic conditional; and\u003cbr\u003e 5. the modal nominal syntagm sa para: sim.\u003cbr\u003e Together with this description, some additional problems are addressed for which solutions are developed: the focus system of Old Babylonian; the general linguistic issue of \"emphatic assertion\" (using an English corpus); and a way to describe the syntactic nature of paratactic conditional structures.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 240\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.55 x 9.21 x 6.1 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 01, 2005\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53344181715251,"sku":"9781575069210","price":83.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/tPtDQGBzod9781575069210.webp?v=1778718938","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/en-ca\/products\/the-modal-system-of-old-babylonian-paperback","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}