"I Advised You Like a Brother": Functive, Associative, Similative in Sahidic Coptic
The paper argues that the two Coptic (Sahidic) comparison markers, ϩⲱⲥ and ⲛⲑⲉ ⲛ-, are functionally and semantically distinct. Whereas ⲛⲑⲉ ⲛ- is used in similative constructions, ϩⲱⲥ establishes a secondary subject-predicate relation between the comparee and the standard (vehicle noun). Proposing th...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Peeters
2023
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Journal of Coptic studies
Year: 2023, Volume: 25, Pages: 241-255 |
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| Summary: | The paper argues that the two Coptic (Sahidic) comparison markers, ϩⲱⲥ and ⲛⲑⲉ ⲛ-, are functionally and semantically distinct. Whereas ⲛⲑⲉ ⲛ- is used in similative constructions, ϩⲱⲥ establishes a secondary subject-predicate relation between the comparee and the standard (vehicle noun). Proposing the semantic classification of secondary predicates based on Nichols, Valli, and Creissels, the paper explores the semantic scope of Coptic ϩⲱⲥ-construction and specifies the syntactic and semantic properties of the vehicle noun that distinguish the secondary predicate construction from the similative one. |
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| ISSN: | 1783-1512 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Journal of Coptic studies
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.2143/JCS.25.0.3292063 |