A Reevaluation of the Semitic Direct Object Markers
This paper aims to clarify the relationship between the superficially similar direct object markers attested in Modern South Arabian, Ge’ez, Arabic, Aramaic, Samalian, Hebrew, and Phoenician. I argue that the direct object markers in Aramaic and the Canaanite languages derive from a single innovativ...
| Main Author: | |
|---|---|
| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
| Check availability: | HBZ Gateway |
| Journals Online & Print: | Drawer...
|
| Fernleihe: | Fernleihe für die Fachinformationsdienste |
| Published: |
The National Association of Professors of Hebrew
2016
|
| In: |
Hebrew studies
Year: 2016, Volume: 57, Issue: 1, Pages: 7-15 |
| Online Access: |
Volltext (JSTOR) Volltext (lizenzpflichtig) Volltext (lizenzpflichtig) |
| Summary: | This paper aims to clarify the relationship between the superficially similar direct object markers attested in Modern South Arabian, Ge’ez, Arabic, Aramaic, Samalian, Hebrew, and Phoenician. I argue that the direct object markers in Aramaic and the Canaanite languages derive from a single innovative form, which I reconstruct as *ʾayāt-. I further claim that the remaining forms are unrelated. |
|---|---|
| ISSN: | 2158-1681 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Hebrew studies
|
| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1353/hbr.2016.0000 |