{"product_id":"the-modal-system-of-old-eran-cohen-9781575069210","title":"The Modal System of Old Babylonian","description":"This monograph is a corpus-based description of the modal system of epistolary Old Babylonian, one of the best attested Akkadian dialects, using the European structural method. The study strives to match a concrete exponent (i.e., an array of formal features, morphological and syntactic) with a semantic value, in using syntactic criteria. The book treats: \u003cbr\u003e 1. the asseverative paradigm (used for insistence, concession and oath), explaining the syntactic mechanism behind these forms;\u003cbr\u003e 2. the various precative-based paradigms in various syntactic conditions: the directive group, the wish group and the interrogative group;\u003cbr\u003e 3. the same forms occurring in special syntactic patterns-the sequential precative and the concessive-conditional precative;\u003cbr\u003e 4. the paratactic conditional; and\u003cbr\u003e 5. the modal nominal syntagm sa para: sim.\u003cbr\u003e Together with this description, some additional problems are addressed for which solutions are developed: the focus system of Old Babylonian; the general linguistic issue of \"emphatic assertion\" (using an English corpus); and a way to describe the syntactic nature of paratactic conditional structures.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Eran Cohen\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1575069210\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781575069210\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Brill\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/01\/2005\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 240\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.75lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.21h x 6.10w x 0.55d","brand":"Eran Cohen","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48436866875647,"sku":"9781575069210","price":50.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_b0c78dad-54c4-42d0-b6e4-8c7578fc1def.jpg?v=1777158302","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-modal-system-of-old-eran-cohen-9781575069210","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}