Sumerian adjectival passives using the *im- prefix: the old Babylonian evidence and some possible third millennium precursors

Justin Johnson

Sumerian adjectival passives using the *im- prefix: the old Babylonian evidence and some possible third millennium precursors

Justin Johnson

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Abstract

This paper looks at syntactic and pragmatic contexts in Sumerian in which so-called applicative constructions have some traction and explanatory force: chiefly, contexts in which the usual syntax of locative constructions (primarily verbs formed with the *bi- prefix) is re-tasked to code a variety of non-locative phenomena such as unergative intransitives as well as causative and intensional predications. As part of that study, I also identified one particular use of the ventive prefix *im- in conjunction with the *ba-ni- prefix, yielding a prefix with the form *im-ma-ni-, that appears to function as a kind of evidential known as the mirative.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	From the 21st Century B.C. to the 21st Century A.D.
Subtitle of host publication	Proceedings of the International Conference on Sumerian Studies Held in Madrid 22-24 July 2010
Editors	Steven Garfinkle, Manuel Molina
Place of Publication	Winona Lake
Publisher	Eisenbrauns
Pages	19-48
Number of pages	30
ISBN (Print)	978-1-57506-296-9
Publication status	Published - 2013
Event	International Conference on Neo-Sumerian Studies - Madrid, Spain Duration: 22 Jul 2010 → 24 Jul 2010

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Conference	International Conference on Neo-Sumerian Studies
Country/Territory	Spain
City	Madrid
Period	22/07/10 → 24/07/10

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Johnson, Justin. / Sumerian adjectival passives using the *im- prefix : the old Babylonian evidence and some possible third millennium precursors. From the 21st Century B.C. to the 21st Century A.D.: Proceedings of the International Conference on Sumerian Studies Held in Madrid 22-24 July 2010. editor / Steven Garfinkle ; Manuel Molina. Winona Lake : Eisenbrauns, 2013. pp. 19-48

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Johnson, J 2013, Sumerian adjectival passives using the *im- prefix: the old Babylonian evidence and some possible third millennium precursors. in S Garfinkle & M Molina (eds), From the 21st Century B.C. to the 21st Century A.D.: Proceedings of the International Conference on Sumerian Studies Held in Madrid 22-24 July 2010. Eisenbrauns, Winona Lake, pp. 19-48, International Conference on Neo-Sumerian Studies, Madrid, Spain, 22/07/10.

Sumerian adjectival passives using the *im- prefix: the old Babylonian evidence and some possible third millennium precursors. / Johnson, Justin.
From the 21st Century B.C. to the 21st Century A.D.: Proceedings of the International Conference on Sumerian Studies Held in Madrid 22-24 July 2010. ed. / Steven Garfinkle; Manuel Molina. Winona Lake: Eisenbrauns, 2013. p. 19-48.

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Sumerian adjectival passives using the *im- prefix: the old Babylonian evidence and some possible third millennium precursors

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