03839oam 22007094a 450 991077917990332120221014213646.01-57506-664-510.1515/9781575066646(CKB)2550000000100679(EBL)3155646(SSID)ssj0000691633(PQKBManifestationID)12294445(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000691633(PQKBWorkID)10629793(PQKB)11047844(Au-PeEL)EBL3155646(CaPaEBR)ebr10562014(OCoLC)922991825(OCoLC)1083584084(MdBmJHUP)musev2_79432(DE-B1597)584272(DE-B1597)9781575066646(MiAaPQ)EBC3155646(EXLCZ)99255000000010067920111107d2012 uy 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrMost Probably: Epistemic Modality in Old Babylonianby Nathan WassermanWinona Lake, Ind. :Eisenbrauns,2012.©2012.1 online resource (260 p.)Languages of the ancient Near East ;3Description based upon print version of record.1-57506-198-8 Includes bibliographical references and indexes.The Modal Particle pīqat in Old Babylonian --The Modal Particle midde --The Modal Particles wuddi and anna --The Modal Expression lū ittum --The Modal Particle tuša 6. The Modal Particle -man and the Irrealis Constructions ibašši, lū, and ašar --The Modal Particle kīša and the Expressions kī ša and kīma ša --The Modal Particle assurrē --The Modal Particle -mi.The system that any language uses to express evaluations, judgments, estimations, and non-real situations tends to be complicated and poorly understood, and this has certainly been the case, historically, for Akkadian. In this study, Nathan Wasserman presents the fruit of 15 years of study of the epistemic modal system of Old Babylonian, which represents one of the better-known and best-documented periods of the Akkadian language.As Wasserman notes, the interplay of philology, linguistics, and psychology that are involved in understanding any modal system make coming to conclusions a difficult enterprise. And though many questions remain unanswered, in this clearly organized and presented monograph, he guides the reader through a study of each modal word/particle, its etymology, syntax, and usage, on the basis of an examination of most of the Old Babylonian examples published thus far. He thus arrives at a general view of epistemic modality in Old Babylonian.Wasserman’s monograph is a work that will add significantly to our understanding of Old Babylonian language and the interpretation of texts and will become the benchmark for further study of verbal modality in Akkadian and other Semitic languages.Languages of the ancient Near East ;3.ModalitätLinguistikgndAltbabylonischgndAkkadian languageVerbfast(OCoLC)fst00803994FOREIGN LANGUAGE STUDYArabicbisacshAkkadian languageVerbAkkadian languageModalityModalitätAltbabylonischAkkadian languageVerb.FOREIGN LANGUAGE STUDYArabic.Akkadian languageVerb.Akkadian languageModality.492/.156Wasserman Nathan857393MdBmJHUPMdBmJHUPBOOK9910779179903321Most Probably: Epistemic Modality in Old Babylonian3851151UNINA