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Farina, Margherita. An Outline of Middle Voice in Syriac
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| Title: | An Outline of Middle Voice in Syriac | | Subtitle: | Evidences of a Linguistic Category | | Series: | Perspectives on Syriac Linguistics 6 | | Availability: | In Print | | Publisher: | Gorgias Press |
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| By Margherita Farina | | ISBN: | 978-1-4632-0145-6 | | Availability: | In Print | | Publication Date: | 12/2011 | | Language: | English | | Format: | Hardback, Black, 7 x 10 in | | Pages: | 197 |
The book describes the results of a research over the semantic value and the functions of the Syriac verbal prefix et- and of the et- conjugations. A relevant portion of Syriac verbal syntax and semantics is studied in the light of modern linguistic theories. The author proposes a unified account of the different values that are traditionally attributed to the Syriac et-stems, which are studied as being part of a system of interactions of different syntactical and semantic parameters. These parameters are related to the linguistic category of unaccusativity, which has proven cross-linguistically to be a prominent feature of middle conjugations. The system includes also inner passive participles and pronominal reflexives that are considered both in their opposition and in their contiguity to the et- stems.
Such account descends from a detailed analysis of a number of early Syriac texts, based on the interaction of different parameters, such as voice, aspect, aktionsart and a study of the phenomenon of coreferential dative. The latter is examined with special focus on its combination with the et- stems, in the light of modern theories over the syntax-semantics interface. The Syriac data are set into a broader typological comparative frame, and the study partly follows the path traced by Kemmer’s capital work on middle voice, offering also new material for general linguistic research.
Table of Contents
- Table of Contents
(page 5)
- Foreword
(page 11)
- Acknowledgments
(page 13)
- Abbreviations
(page 15)
- Note on Transliteration
(page 17)
- 1. Introduction to the Problem (page 19)
- 1.1.
Survey of the Linguistic Material (page 19)
- 1.2. Preliminary Observations
(page 26)
- 1.3. Et- Forms in some Modern Syriac Grammars
(page 28)
- 1.4. Mutawa'a and 'Middle' Verbs in Arabic Linguistics
(page 31)
- 2. Middle Voice and some Linguistic Correlations
(page 35)
- 2.1.
Middle Voice (page 35)
- 2.2. Aspectual and Actional Correlations
(page 41)
- 2.3. Unaccusativity
(page 50)
- 2.4. Formulation of the Working Hypothesis
(page 58)
- 3. Et- forms and Inner Passives in Semitic Studies
(page 61)
- 3.1. A Survey of Ancient Semitic Verbal t- Forms: Status Quaestionis
(page 61)
- 3.2. West Semitic and Aramaic inner passives
(page 81)
- 4. Textual Analysis 1: Middle Semantics
(page 87)
- 4.1. Presentation of Sample
(page 87)
- 4.2. Methodology of the Analysis
(page 89)
- 4.3. Voice
(page 91)
- 4.4. Aspect
(page 100)
- 4.5. Actionality
(page 107)
- Charts
(page 116)
- 5. Textual Analysis 2: Coreferential Dative
(page 129)
- 5.1. Introduction: Syntactic Aspects
(page 129)
- 5.2. Coreferential Dative, Dativus Ethicus and Object Marker
(page 131)
- 5.3. Coreferential Dative with the Other Verbal Stems
(page 135)
- 5.4 Frist Conclusions: Semantic and Syntoctico-Semantic Aspects
(page 138)
- 5.5. Other Properties of Corefreential Dative in the Demonstrationes and in other Syriac Texts
(page 140)
- 5.6. Typological Comparisons
(page 143)
- 5.7. Concluding Remarks
(page 150)
- 6. Conclusions
(page 153)
- Appendix 1
(page 157)
- Diathesis in Medieval Syriac Grammars
(page 157)
- Appendix 2
(page 163)
- A. List of Occurrences of the Structure et- Form +l + Coreferential Dative in Aphrahat's Demonstrationes
(page 163)
- B. list of Occurrences of the Structure et- Form + l + Coreferential Dative in Ephrem's Commentaries on Genesis and Exodus
(page 176)
- C. Coreferential Dative in the First Seven Acts of Judas Thomas
(page 180)
- D. Coreferential Dative with et- Stems in the Pesitta Gospels
(page 185)
- Bibliography
(page 187)
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