Some antiphrastic euphemisms for a blind person in Akkadian and other semitic languages
Four Akkadian terms with similar forms and meanings are held to be antiphrastic euphemisms for a blind person. Arguments are based on the synonymity of these terms and their associations with other terms for a blind person, on the fact that Akkadian is apparently deficient in terms for expressing a...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
| Check availability: | HBZ Gateway |
| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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[Jul. - Oct., 1980]
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| In: |
JAOS
Year: 1980, Volume: 100, Issue: 3, Pages: 307-310 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Euphemism
/ People with visual disabilities
/ Blindness
/ Balsaholz
/ Sentence
/ Proverb
/ Satire
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| RelBib Classification: | TC Pre-Christian history ; Ancient Near East |
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Volltext (Publisher) Volltext (Publisher) |
| Summary: | Four Akkadian terms with similar forms and meanings are held to be antiphrastic euphemisms for a blind person. Arguments are based on the synonymity of these terms and their associations with other terms for a blind person, on the fact that Akkadian is apparently deficient in terms for expressing a blind person, and on the fact that the forms have parallels in antiphrastic constructions and meanings in other Semitic languages. |
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| ISSN: | 2169-2289 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: American Oriental Society, JAOS
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.2307/601801 |
