Subject fronting in the Shechem letters
The function of fronting is to designate a greater prominence than a normal word order would have assigned to it. Standard Akkadian word order for verb and subject is SV, and for predicate and subject is SP, whereas the Amarna letters prefer VS and PS respectively. Compared with the predominant VS w...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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2002
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Journal for semitics
Year: 2002, Volume: 11, Issue: 1, Pages: 1-22 |
| Further subjects: | B
Canaan
B Shechem letters B Fronting |
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| Summary: | The function of fronting is to designate a greater prominence than a normal word order would have assigned to it. Standard Akkadian word order for verb and subject is SV, and for predicate and subject is SP, whereas the Amarna letters prefer VS and PS respectively. Compared with the predominant VS word order, the SV word order in sentences gives a special prominence to the subject, usually called topicalisation. There are two discourse functions of subject fronting, namely to highlight the identity of the subject and to mark a transition to a new subject matter in a discourse. |
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| Contains: | Enthalten in: Journal for semitics
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| Persistent identifiers: | HDL: 10520/AJA10318471_97 |
