A new ugaritic grammar

Because the field of Ugaritic has grown significantly since the publication of Cyrus Gordon's various grammars, upon which over two generations of students have been weaned, the appearance of a new Ugaritic grammar represents a major event for Ugaritic studies. Segert's new Grammar is, how...

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Main Author: Marcus, David 1941- (Author)
Format: Electronic Review
Language:English
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Published: American Oriental Society [Jul. - Sep., 1987]
In: JAOS
Year: 1987, Volume: 107, Issue: 3, Pages: 487-492
Review of:A basic grammar of the Ugaritic language (Berkely, Cal. [u.a.] : Univ. of California Press, 1984) (Marcus, David)
IxTheo Classification:TC Pre-Christian history ; Ancient Near East
Further subjects:B Book review
B Ugaritic language
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Summary:Because the field of Ugaritic has grown significantly since the publication of Cyrus Gordon's various grammars, upon which over two generations of students have been weaned, the appearance of a new Ugaritic grammar represents a major event for Ugaritic studies. Segert's new Grammar is, however, not a replacement for Gordon because it is primarily a teaching manual. As such it could have been more helpful in its system of enumeration, and in providing cross-references and indices. There are a number of novel features in the Grammar including the extensive use of the syllabic material and the acceptance of an internal causative for the verb. The reviewer notes some deficiencies in the morphological section in both the omission of certain basic forms and in the method of presenting evidence. He points out how the selected texts, containing a nice balance of poetic and non-poetic texts, some with detailed commentaries, could have benefited from cross-references to the grammatical sections.
ISSN:2169-2289
Contains:Enthalten in: American Oriental Society, JAOS
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.2307/603468