Syntactic Change in Akkadian: The Evolution of Sentential Complementation

by Guy Deutscher

In 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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0199532222
• ISBN13: 9780199532223
• Release Date: December 2007
• Publisher: OUP UK
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 0.77 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.4" x 9.2"