On Performatives in Aramaic Documents
This article argues for the presence of performative sentences in early Aramaic documents, giving two examples—one from the Wadi Murabbaʿat divorce document and the other from an Elephantine letter. It is suggested that the use of a compound, consisting of a preposition and a demonstrative pronoun,...
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Format: | Electronic Article |
Language: | English |
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Brill
2013
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Aramaic studies
Year: 2013, Volume: 11, Issue: 1, Pages: 47-52 |
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Iran (Antiquity)
/ History 539 BC-330 BC
/ Judea
/ Handwriting
/ Aramaic language
/ Grammar
/ Linguistics
/ Semitic studies
/ Elephantine
/ Participle
/ Semantics
/ Lexicography
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RelBib Classification: | BC Ancient Orient; religion HH Archaeology TC Pre-Christian history ; Ancient Near East |
Further subjects: | B
Elephantine
gēṭ
participle
performative
Wadi Murabbaʿat
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