The Ancient Egyptian Language: An Historical Study
Cambridge University Press
Edition: 1st Edition, 7/11/2013
EAN 9781107664678, ISBN10: 1107664675
Paperback, 270 pages, 22.9 x 15.2 x 1.5 cm
Language: English
This book, the first of its kind, examines how the phonology and grammar of the ancient Egyptian language changed over more than three thousand years of its history, from the first appearance of written documents, c.3250 BC, to the Coptic dialects of the second century AD and later. Part One discusses phonology, working backward from the vowels and consonants of Coptic to those that can be deduced for earlier stages of the language. Part Two is devoted to grammar, including both basic components such as nouns and the complex history of the verbal system. The book thus provides both a synchronic description of the five major historical stages of ancient Egyptian and a diachronic analysis of their development and relationship.
1. Ancient Egyptian
Part I. Phonology
2. Coptic phonology
3. Coptic and Egyptian
4. Correspondents and cognates
5. Egyptian phonology
Part II. Grammar
6. Nouns, pronouns, and adjectives
7. Non-verbal predicates
8. Verbs
9. Verbs
Egyptian I
10. Verbs
Egyptian II
11. Verbs
Egyptian I-II
12. Subordination.
Advance praise: 'A major contribution to our understanding of the development of Ancient Egyptian throughout its recorded history, richly exemplified and with a wealth of original insights. Essential reading.' Mark Collier, University of Liverpool