02963oam 2200481I 450 991097245460332120190826145055.09789004348554900434855710.1163/9789004348554(CKB)4100000001400665(MiAaPQ)EBC5265069 2017057503(nllekb)BRILL9789004348554(nllekb) 2017057503(EXLCZ)99410000000140066520171129d2018 uy 0engurcnu||||||||rdacontentrdamediardacarrierHistorical aspects of standard negation in Semitic /by Ambjörn Sjörs1st ed.Leiden ;Boston :Brill,2018.1 online resource (478 pages) illustrations, tablesStudies in Semitic languages and linguistics ;v. 919789004348547 9004348549 Includes bibliographical references and index.Front Matter -- Copyright page -- Preface -- List of Tables and Diagrams -- Abbreviations, Terminology, and Symbols -- Introduction -- Preliminaries -- On the Grammar of Negation -- Presentation and Analysis of the Material -- Old Assyrian and East Semitic -- Ugaritic -- Standard Biblical Hebrew -- Phoenician -- Aramaic, Deir Alla, and Sam’alian -- Quran Arabic -- Minaic, Sabaic, and Ancient South Arabian -- Jibbali and Modern South Arabian -- Tigre and Tigrinya -- Amharic and Harari -- Gafat, Kistane, and Peripheral Western Gurage -- Concluding Discussion -- Innovative Expressions of Negation -- Other Negators and Negative Asymmetries -- Reconstruction.In Historical Aspects of Standard Negation in Semitic Ambjörn Sjörs investigates the grammar of standard negation in a wide selection of Semitic languages. The bulk of the investigation consists of a detailed analysis of negative constructions and is based on a first-hand examination of the examples in context. The main issues that are investigated in the book relate to the historical change of the expression of verbal negation in Semitic and the reconstruction of the genealogical relationship of negative constructions. It shows how negation is constantly renewed from the reanalysis of emphatic negative constructions, and how structural asymmetries between negative constructions and the corresponding affirmative constructions arise from the linguistically conservative nature of negative vis-à-vis affirmative clauses.Studies in Semitic Languages and Linguistics91.Semitic languagesNegativesSemitic languagesNegatives.492/.045Sjörs Ambjörn1190613NL-LeKBNL-LeKBBOOK9910972454603321Historical aspects of standard negation in Semitic3935741UNINA