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In Historical Aspects of Standard Negation in Semitic Ambjörn Sjörs investigates the grammar of standard negation in a wide selection of Semitic languages. The bulk of the investigation consists of a detailed analysis of negative constructions and is based on a first-hand examination of the examples in context. The main issues that are investigated in the book relate to the historical change of the expression of verbal negation in Semitic and the reconstruction of the genealogical relationship of negative constructions. It shows how negation is constantly renewed from the reanalysis of emphatic negative constructions, and how structural asymmetries between negative constructions and the corresponding affirmative constructions arise from the linguistically conservative nature of negative vis-à-vis affirmative clauses.

Table of Contents:
Preface List of Tables and Diagrams Abbreviations, Terminology, and Symbols Part 1: Introduction 1 Preliminaries  1.1 Objective, Scope, and Method  1.2 Previous Research on Negation in Comparative Semitic Linguistics  1.3 Languages and Text Material 2 On the Grammar of Negation  2.1 Functional Perspectives on Negation  2.2 Standard Negation and Finiteness  2.3 Standard Negation and Asymmetries  2.4 Non-Standard Negation  2.5 Renewal of Negation Part 2: Presentation and Analysis of the Material 3 Old Assyrian and East Semitic  3.1 Introduction  3.2emsp;Standard Negation  3.3emsp;Emphatic Negation with ulā  3.4emsp;Negated Interrogative and Subordinate Clauses  3.5emsp;Prohibitive ē iprus  3.6emsp;Prohibitions with lā  3.7emsp;Excursus: Literary Old Babylonian  3.8emsp;Excursus: Eblaite 4 Ugaritic  4.1emsp;Introduction  4.2emsp;Negative *lā and Asseverative *la-  4.3emsp;Past lā yqtl  4.4emsp;Negated qvtvla  4.5emsp;Non-past lā yqtl  4.6emsp;Emphatic Negation and Noun-phrase Negation  4.7emsp;Negated Subordinate Clauses  4.8emsp;The Prohibitor ʔal-  4.9emsp;Pleonastic Negation 5 Standard Biblical Hebrew  5.1emsp;Introduction  5.2emsp;Orthography of lō  5.3emsp;Negated Asyndetic Clauses  5.4emsp;Syndetic wə-lō qvtvla  5.5emsp;Syndetic wə-lō yvqtvlu  5.6emsp;Syndetic wə-X lō qvtvla/yvqtvlu  5.7emsp;Negative Conditional Linkings and Pleonastic Negation  5.8emsp;Negative Questions and Constituent Negation  5.9emsp;The Prohibitor ʔal- 6 Phoenician  6.1emsp;Introduction  6.2emsp;Negative bl  6.3emsp;The Prohibitor ʔl  6.4emsp;Negative ʔy and ʔy-bl 7 Aramaic, Deir Alla, and Sam’alian  7.1emsp;Introduction  7.2emsp;Orthography of lā  7.3emsp;lāyvqtvl  7.4emsp;Negated qvtvla  7.5emsp;Negation of qātil  7.6emsp;Negated yvqtvlu  7.7emsp;Negative Possible Consequence Clauses  7.8emsp;The Prohibitor ʔal-  7.9emsp;Western Neo-Aramaic 8 Quran Arabic  8.1emsp;Introduction  8.2emsp;Orthography of lā  8.3emsp;lā yvqtvlu in Declarative Main Clauses  8.4emsp;Negative lam  8.5emsp;Negative mā  8.6emsp;Negated Interrogative and Subordinate Clauses  8.7emsp;Negated Conditional Linkings  8.8emsp;Prohibitive lā yvqtvl and lā yvqtvlanna  8.9emsp;Negated yvqtvla  8.10emsp;Negative ʔin 9 Minaic, Sabaic, and Ancient South Arabian  9.1emsp;Introduction  9.2emsp;Minaic  9.3emsp;Early and Middle Sabaic  9.4emsp;Late Sabaic and Negative dʔ  9.5emsp;Negative lm in Amiritic 10 Jibbali and Modern South Arabian  10.1emsp;Introduction  10.2emsp;Allomorphs of the Preverbal Negator  10.3emsp;Negation in Jibbali 11 Tigre and Tigrinya  11.1emsp;Introduction  11.2emsp;The Preverbal Negator in Northern Ethiosemitic  11.3emsp;Negation in Tigre  11.4emsp;Negation in Tigrinya 12 Amharic and Harari  12.1emsp;Introduction  12.2emsp;The Preverbal Negator in Amharic and Harari  12.3emsp;Negation with Clitic *-ma in Amharic and Harari  12.4emsp;Negative Asymmetries  12.5emsp;Non-standard Negation in Amharic and Harari  12.6emsp;Excursus: The Negated Imperfective in Wolane and Silte 13 Gafat, Kistane, and Peripheral Western Gurage  13.1emsp;Introduction  13.2emsp;The Preverbal Negator in Gafat and Kistane  13.3emsp;Negation in Gafat  13.4emsp;Negative Asymmetries in Kistane  13.5emsp;Excursus: Negation in Peripheral Western Gurage Part 3: Concluding Discussion 14 Innovative Expressions of Negation  14.1emsp;Collocation and Univerbation with Focus Particles  14.2emsp;Reanalysis of Scale Reversal Contexts  14.3emsp;Collocation with Markers for Old Information  14.4emsp;Collocation with Pro-sentential Negators  14.5emsp;Borrowing 15 Other Negators and Negative Asymmetries  15.1emsp;Akkadian  15.2emsp;Northwest Semitic  15.3emsp;Arabic  15.4emsp;Ancient South Arabian  15.5emsp;Modern South Arabian  15.6emsp;Ethiosemitic 16 Reconstruction  16.1emsp;Distribution of *lā and *ʔal-  16.2emsp;Negated yvqtvl in Northwest Semitic and Akkadian  16.3emsp;Development of *ʔal- to a Standard Negator References Index

About the Author :
Ambjörn Sjörs, Ph.D. (2015), Uppsala University, is a post-doc researcher 2016—2019 at the University of Cambridge, the University of Chicago, and Uppsala University.

Review :
"In conclusion, [Historical Aspects of Standard Negation in Semitic] is a good addition to studies in comparative Semitics. It includes a thorough overview and discussion of the earlier literature on negation and reassesses these opinions using material from various classic and modern languages. The author is to be congratulated on this diligent work and given our profound thanks for her valuable contribution to the field." ~ Jacob J. de Ridder, Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena, in Weiner Zeitschrift Fur Die Kunde Des Morgenlandes (Volume 109, 2019). "The breadth and depth of this tome is remarkable; both the data and the secondary literature are, for the most part, expertly presented, and the discussion is evenhanded. [...] Although I find myself in disagreement with a number of the claims in the book, it is nevertheless an important and thorough work that should be a part of any serious Semitic library.” ~ Na'ama Pat-El, University of Texas at Austin, in Journal of the American Oriental Society (141/3, 2021). “(…) there are already numerous studies in comparative Semitics about negation. Sjörs’ book, however, provides by far the most detailed and exhaustive study of the topic, and it will definitely stand as a major contribution to the field for many years. It will be of use for both scholars interested in phenomena related to negation and, at the same time, for linguists and philologist who work on the languages that are covered extensively in the book.” ~ Elitzur Bar-Asher Siegal, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, in Orientalistische Literaturzeitung (116/4–5, 2021).


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  • ISBN-13: 9789004348547
  • Publisher: Brill
  • Publisher Imprint: Brill
  • Height: 235 mm
  • No of Pages: 478
  • Series Title: 91 Studies in Semitic Languages and Linguistics
  • Weight: 893 gr
  • ISBN-10: 9004348549
  • Publisher Date: 18 Jan 2018
  • Binding: Hardback
  • Language: English
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