REAL

Performatives in Biblical Aramaic

Andrason, Alexander and Lange, Hans (2021) Performatives in Biblical Aramaic. ACTA ORIENTALIA ACADEMIAE SCIENTIARUM HUNGARICAE, 74 (3). pp. 373-400. ISSN 0001-6446

[img]
Preview
Text
1588-2667-article-p373.pdf

Download (457kB) | Preview

Abstract

This article analyses Biblical Aramaic (BA) performatives within a prototype approach. The authors demonstrate that BA performatives largely comply with the crosslinguistic prototype and its grammatical and extra-grammatical features. Crucially, although the two 'tenses' used, Suffix Conjugation (SC) and Active Participle (AP), exhibit similar frequency in performatives, they differ in distribution: the performative SC is more conventionalised/archaic/typical of Ezra while the performative AP is more productive/innovative/ typical of Daniel. These differences reflect the gradual replacement of SC by AP in performatives due to the profound advancement of the two 'tenses' along their respective grammaticalisation paths: the resultative and imperfective paths.

Item Type: Article
Uncontrolled Keywords: history; prototype; tense; performative; Semitic languages; Biblical Aramaic; suffi x conjugation; participle; UTTERANCES;
Subjects: D History General and Old World / történelem > D0 History (General) / történelem általában
P Language and Literature / nyelvészet és irodalom > PI Oriental languages and literatures / keleti nyelvek és irodalmak
SWORD Depositor: MTMT SWORD
Depositing User: MTMT SWORD
Date Deposited: 15 Nov 2022 06:12
Last Modified: 30 Sep 2023 23:15
URI: http://real.mtak.hu/id/eprint/153504

Actions (login required)

Edit Item Edit Item