LEADER 03839oam 22007094a 450 001 9910779179903321 005 20221014213646.0 010 $a1-57506-664-5 024 7 $a10.1515/9781575066646 035 $a(CKB)2550000000100679 035 $a(EBL)3155646 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000691633 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12294445 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000691633 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10629793 035 $a(PQKB)11047844 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3155646 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10562014 035 $a(OCoLC)922991825 035 $a(OCoLC)1083584084 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)musev2_79432 035 $a(DE-B1597)584272 035 $a(DE-B1597)9781575066646 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3155646 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000000100679 100 $a20111107d2012 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aMost Probably: Epistemic Modality in Old Babylonian$fby Nathan Wasserman 210 1$aWinona Lake, Ind. :$cEisenbrauns,$d2012. 210 4$dİ2012. 215 $a1 online resource (260 p.) 225 0 $aLanguages of the ancient Near East ;$v3 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a1-57506-198-8 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and indexes. 327 $tThe Modal Particle pi?qat in Old Babylonian --$tThe Modal Particle midde --$tThe Modal Particles wuddi and anna --$tThe Modal Expression lu? ittum --$tThe Modal Particle tus?a 6. The Modal Particle -man and the Irrealis Constructions ibas?s?i, lu?, and as?ar --$tThe Modal Particle ki?s?a and the Expressions ki? s?a and ki?ma s?a --$tThe Modal Particle assurre? --$tThe Modal Particle -mi. 330 $aThe system that any language uses to express evaluations, judgments, estimations, and non-real situations tends to be complicated and poorly understood, and this has certainly been the case, historically, for Akkadian. In this study, Nathan Wasserman presents the fruit of 15 years of study of the epistemic modal system of Old Babylonian, which represents one of the better-known and best-documented periods of the Akkadian language.As Wasserman notes, the interplay of philology, linguistics, and psychology that are involved in understanding any modal system make coming to conclusions a difficult enterprise. And though many questions remain unanswered, in this clearly organized and presented monograph, he guides the reader through a study of each modal word/particle, its etymology, syntax, and usage, on the basis of an examination of most of the Old Babylonian examples published thus far. He thus arrives at a general view of epistemic modality in Old Babylonian.Wasserman?s monograph is a work that will add significantly to our understanding of Old Babylonian language and the interpretation of texts and will become the benchmark for further study of verbal modality in Akkadian and other Semitic languages. 410 0$aLanguages of the ancient Near East ;$v3. 606 $aModalita?t$gLinguistik$2gnd 606 $aAltbabylonisch$2gnd 606 $aAkkadian language$xVerb$2fast$3(OCoLC)fst00803994 606 $aFOREIGN LANGUAGE STUDY$xArabic$2bisacsh 606 $aAkkadian language$xVerb 606 $aAkkadian language$xModality 615 7$aModalita?t 615 7$aAltbabylonisch 615 7$aAkkadian language$xVerb. 615 7$aFOREIGN LANGUAGE STUDY$xArabic. 615 0$aAkkadian language$xVerb. 615 0$aAkkadian language$xModality. 676 $a492/.156 700 $aWasserman$b Nathan$0857393 801 0$bMdBmJHUP 801 1$bMdBmJHUP 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910779179903321 996 $aMost Probably: Epistemic Modality in Old Babylonian$93851151 997 $aUNINA