TY - BOOK AU - Li,Tarsee TI - The verbal system of the Aramaic of Daniel: an explanation in the context of grammaticalization T2 - Brill eBook titles 2009 SN - 9789047440086 AV - PJ5219 .L52 2009 U1 - 492/.29 22 PY - 2009/// CY - Leiden, Boston PB - Brill KW - Bible KW - O.T KW - Daniel KW - Aramaic KW - Language, style KW - Aramaic language KW - Grammar KW - Verb N1 - Includes bibliographical references (p. [176]-185) and indexes; Preliminary Materials; T. LI --; Chapter One. Introduction; T. LI --; Chapter Two. The Suffix Conjugation; T. LI --; Chapter Three. The Active Participle; T. LI --; Chapter Four. The Non-Active Participles; T. LI --; Chapter Five - Participles With הוה Or איתי; T. LI --; Chapter Six. The Prefix Conjugation; T. LI --; Chapter Seven. The Imperative; T. LI --; Chapter Eight. The Infinitive; T. LI --; Chapter Nine. Auxiliaries; T. LI --; Chapter Ten. Overview And Implications; T. LI --; Appendix Glossary; T. LI --; Bibliography; T. LI --; Index One - List Of Passages Cited As Examples; T. LI --; Index Two List Of Words; T. LI --; Index Three List Of Authors; T. LI; Available to subscribing member institutions only N2 - This book explains the verbal system of the Aramaic of Daniel in the context of current research on grammaticalization, which, though first mentioned by Meillet in 1912, did not flourish until the beginning of the 1980’s, and has only more recently been applied to the study of Ancient Near Eastern languages. Although various aspects of the Aramaic of Daniel have been subject of numerous studies, including a few exhaustive studies on the verbal system in the last century, it remains among the most difficult to explain. The explanation offered here is coherent with the historical development of Aramaic as well as the observable tendencies in the development of human languages in general UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/ej.9789004175143.i-200 ER -