Egypt
BRILL
The BRILL Newsletter has announced the publication of a new title in its list: The Modal System of Earlier Egyptian Complement Clauses A Study in Pragmatics in a Dead Language by Sami Uljas
- Dig-it-al Nea
The American Schools of Oriental Research The new online complement to NEA is now available, free of charge, with a Museum Review relevant to Egypt - but see the above page for other Near Eastern topics. Near Eastern Archaeology is pleased to announce...
- New Book: Egyptian
Nederlands Instituut voor het Nabije Oosten Egyptian. An Introduction to the writing and language of the Middle Kingdom Volume I: Grammar, Syntax and Indexes; Volume II: Sign lists, Exercises and Reading Texts J.F. Borghouts 2010 This is a data-oriented...
- Demotic Egyptian
Egyptian Demotic The chronologically penultimate variety of the Egyptian language is known as Demotic. Demotic is the most cursive script developed by the Egyptians. This stage of the language has, in many ways, connections to the preceding stage, Late...
- Book Review: The Nubian Pharaohs
Bryn Mawr Classical Review Charles Bonnet, Dominique Valbelle, The Nubian Pharaohs: Black Kings of the Nile. Translated by Deke Dusinberre. Cairo and New York: The American University in Cairo Press, 2006. Reviewed by Anthony Spalinger, University...
- More Re Semitic Text From Pyramid Of Unas
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2007/01/070129100250.htm A spell written in hieroglyphs, but spelling out words in Semitic, is shown on this page, together with another summary of Professor Steiner's work. "Although written in Egyptian characters,...
Egypt
New Book: The Modal System of Earlier Egyptian Complement Clauses
BRILL
The BRILL Newsletter has announced the publication of a new title in its list: The Modal System of Earlier Egyptian Complement Clauses A Study in Pragmatics in a Dead Language by Sami Uljas
The present work proposes a novel analysis of Complement Clauses in Earlier Egyptian language. Contrary to previous assumptions, the grammatical organisation of these constructions is shown to be based on differentiation between Realis and Irrealis modality. The different types of complement clauses attested in Earlier Egyptian are surveyed utilising recent linguistic research on modality and pragmatics. The discussion is based on numerous examples from the ancient texts and on comparisons with many other languages. Emerging from this investigation is a coherent and principled system for expressing Realis and Irrealis meaning in this most ancient of written languages. This book is of notable value to Egyptologists working with texts and to all those interested in modality, grammar, and cognition.
- Dig-it-al Nea
The American Schools of Oriental Research The new online complement to NEA is now available, free of charge, with a Museum Review relevant to Egypt - but see the above page for other Near Eastern topics. Near Eastern Archaeology is pleased to announce...
- New Book: Egyptian
Nederlands Instituut voor het Nabije Oosten Egyptian. An Introduction to the writing and language of the Middle Kingdom Volume I: Grammar, Syntax and Indexes; Volume II: Sign lists, Exercises and Reading Texts J.F. Borghouts 2010 This is a data-oriented...
- Demotic Egyptian
Egyptian Demotic The chronologically penultimate variety of the Egyptian language is known as Demotic. Demotic is the most cursive script developed by the Egyptians. This stage of the language has, in many ways, connections to the preceding stage, Late...
- Book Review: The Nubian Pharaohs
Bryn Mawr Classical Review Charles Bonnet, Dominique Valbelle, The Nubian Pharaohs: Black Kings of the Nile. Translated by Deke Dusinberre. Cairo and New York: The American University in Cairo Press, 2006. Reviewed by Anthony Spalinger, University...
- More Re Semitic Text From Pyramid Of Unas
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2007/01/070129100250.htm A spell written in hieroglyphs, but spelling out words in Semitic, is shown on this page, together with another summary of Professor Steiner's work. "Although written in Egyptian characters,...