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Most Probably: Epistemic Modality in Old Babylonian
2012
Overview
The system that any language uses to express evaluations,
judgments, estimations, and non-real situations tends to be
complicated and poorly understood, and this has certainly been the
case, historically, for Akkadian. In this study, Nathan Wasserman
presents the fruit of 15 years of study of the epistemic modal
system of Old Babylonian, which represents one of the better-known
and best-documented periods of the Akkadian language.
As Wasserman notes, the interplay of philology, linguistics, and
psychology that are involved in understanding any modal system make
coming to conclusions a difficult enterprise. And though many
questions remain unanswered, in this clearly organized and
presented monograph, he guides the reader through a study of each
modal word/particle, its etymology, syntax, and usage, on the basis
of an examination of most of the Old Babylonian examples published
thus far. He thus arrives at a general view of epistemic modality
in Old Babylonian.
Wasserman's monograph is a work that will add significantly to
our understanding of Old Babylonian language and the interpretation
of texts and will become the benchmark for further study of verbal
modality in Akkadian and other Semitic languages.
Publisher
Penn State University Press,Eisenbrauns,Pennsylvania State University Press
Subject
ISBN
1575061988, 9781575061986
