The Verb in the Amarna Letters from Canaan

Abstract

Preface Abbreviations Introduction 1. The Amarna Letters and Their Study 1.1. The Amarna Letters 1.2. The Study of the Verbal System of the Amarna Letters from Canaan 2. The Language of the Amarna Letters from Canaan 2.1. Peripheral Akkadian and Cuneiform in Canaan as the Linguistic Context of the Amarna Language 2.2. More Data: Features of Peripheral Akkadian That Are Relevant to Discussions about the Nature of the Amarna Language 2.3. Interlanguage as a Framework for Understanding the Linguistic System of the Amarna Letters from Canaan 2.4. The Amarna Interlanguage 2.5. The Scribes as the Users of the Amarna Interlanguage 2.6. The Amarna Interlanguage as a Comprehensive Framework 3. Morphology of the Amarna Verb 3.1. Paradigms of the Amarna Verbs 3.2. Variation in the Morphology of the Amarna Verb 3.3. The Morphology of the Amarna Verb as a System 4. Uses of the Verbal Forms 4.1. Qatal and Its Indicative Uses 4.2. The Indicative Use of Yaqtul 4.3. The Uses of Yaqtulu 4.4. Directive-Volitive Forms, the Modal Sequence, and Yaqtula 4.5. Conditional Clauses 4.6. Energic 4.7. Verbs in the Epistolary Performative Utterances 5. Verbs in the Amarna Letters from Canaan from a Systemic Perspective 5.1. The Nature and Logic of the Amarna Verbal System 5.2. Forms and Uses of the Verbs bu''u, edu, and ra'mu 5.3. The Verbal System of the Letters from Tyre 5.4. The Amarna Verbal System and a Larger Semitic Perspective 5.5. Conclusions Appendix 1. The Senders of the Amarna Letters Appendix 2. The Amarna Letters from Canaan according to Their Provenance Appendix 3. The Amarna Letters from Canaan Excluded from Analysis Appendix 4. Cities and Their Letters Appendix 5. Scribes and Their Letters Appendix 6. Morphological Terminology and Abbreviations Bibliography Indexes Index of Passages Cited Index of Subjects Index of Akkadian Terms Discussed