02394nam 22005053u 450 991078255860332120230721003752.01-383-01967-31-281-34130-40-19-154483-3(CKB)1000000000557019(EBL)430786(OCoLC)352917905(SSID)ssj0000366484(PQKBManifestationID)12080435(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000366484(PQKBWorkID)10415874(PQKB)10757668(MiAaPQ)EBC430786(EXLCZ)99100000000055701920130418d2007|||| u|| |engur|n|---|||||txtccrSyntactic Change in Akkadian[electronic resource] The Evolution of Sentential ComplementationOxford OUP Oxford20071 online resource (221 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-19-829988-5 Contents; Preface; Abbreviations; Sources, Text Editions; Part I: Preliminary Chapters; Part II: Structural History: The Emergence of Complementizers and Quotatives; Part III: Functional History: The Changes in the Functional Domain of Complementation from 2500 BC to 500 BC; Part IV: The Development of Complementation as an Adaptive Process; Glossary; References; Index of Subjects; Index of Quoted TextsIn this book Guy Deutscher examines the historical development of Akkadian, the oldest recorded Semitic language and one of the earliest attested languages. Two thousand years of texts from 2500BC to 500BC provide a unique source for the study of linguistic change. The first two parts of the book present an historical grammar of sentential complementation. Part one traces the emergence of new structures, describing how finite complements first developed, and tracing the grammaticalization of the quotative construction. Part two examines the language's functional history. It looks at the evolutAkkadian languageAkkadian language.492.15492/.15Deutscher Guy317756AU-PeELAU-PeELAU-PeELBOOK9910782558603321Syntactic change in Akkadian1145130UNINA