Middle Egyptian 3rd Edition- - An Introduction to the Language and Culture of Hieroglyphs

The only grammar that incorporates the most recent understanding of Middle Egyptian and a basic introduction to ancient Egyptian culture.

List of contents

Lesson 1. Language and writing; Essay 1. Ancient Egyptian history; Lesson 2. Unliteral signs; Essay 2. Ancient Egyptian geography; Lesson 3. Multiliteral signs; Essay 3. Ancient Egyptian society; Lesson 4. Nouns; Essay 4. The gods; Lesson 5. Pronouns; Essay 5. The gods on Earth; Lesson 6. Adjectives; Essay 6. The king's names; Lesson 7. Adjectival and nominal sentences; Essay 7. Human nature; Lesson 8. Prepositions and adverbs; Essay 8. Death and the afterlife; Lesson 9. Numbers; Essay 9. Egyptian chronology; Lesson 10. Adverbial sentences; Essay 10. Maat; Lesson 11. Non-verbal sentences; Essay 11. The world before creation; Lesson 12. Verbs; Essay 12. The creation of the world; Lesson 13. The infinitival forms; Essay 13. The creative word; Lesson 14. The pseudo-verbal construction; Essay 14. The Memphite theology; Lesson 15. The imperative and particles; Essay 15. The creator; Lesson 16. The stative; Essay 16. Heresy; Lesson 17. The sdm.n.f; Essay 17. Phonology and writing; Lesson 18. The sdm.f; Essay 18. Egyptian literature; Lesson 19. The other forms of the suffix conjugation; Essay 19. Middle Egyptian wisdom literature; Lesson 20. Adverb clauses; Essay 20. Middle Egyptian stories; Lesson 21. Noun clauses; Essay 21. Historical texts; Lesson 22. Relative clauses; Essay 22. Religious texts; Lesson 23. The active participle; Essay 23. Hymns and poetry; Lesson 24. The passive participle; Essay 24. Non-literary texts; Lesson 25. Emphatic sentences; Essay 25. Letters; Lesson 26. Middle Egyptian grammar; Essay 26. Grammatical theory; Where to go from here; Sign list; Dictionary; Text references; Indices; Answers to the exercises.

Report

'The third edition breaks much new ground from the earlier editions, incorporating many new ideas on the verb, from the author's research. This book encourages the reader to consider the ancient language as a means of expression and not just a set of grammatical rules.' Nigel Strudwick, Fitzwilliam Museum, University of Cambridge

Product details

• Authors: James Allen, James P. Allen, James P. (Brown University Allen
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press Academic
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 24.07.2014
• EAN: 9781107663282
• ISBN: 978-1-107-66328-2
• Dimensions: 170 mm x 245 mm x 34 mm
• Series: Print On Demand; Print on Demand
• Subjects: Education and learning; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > Classical linguistics / literary studies; Ägyptisch, Ägyptologie, FOREIGN LANGUAGE STUDY / Arabic