In Historical Aspects of Standard Negation in Semitic Ambjoern Sjoers investigates the grammar of standard negation in a wide selection of Semitic languages. The bulk of the investigation consists of a detailed analysis of negative constructions and is based on a first-hand examination of the examples in context.
The main issues that are investigated in the book relate to the historical change of the expression of verbal negation in Semitic and the reconstruction of the genealogical relationship of negative constructions. It shows how negation is constantly renewed from the reanalysis of emphatic negative constructions, and how structural asymmetries between negative constructions and the corresponding affirmative constructions arise from the linguistically conservative nature of negative vis-a-vis affirmative clauses.
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"In conclusion, [Historical Aspects of Standard Negation in Semitic] is a good addition to studies in comparative Semitics. It includes a thorough overview and discussion of the earlier literature on negation and reassesses these opinions using material from various classic and modern languages. The author is to be congratulated on this diligent work and given our profound thanks for her valuable contribution to the field." ~ Jacob J. de Ridder, Friedrich-Schiller-Universitaet Jena, in Weiner Zeitschrift Fur Die Kunde Des Morgenlandes (Volume 109, 2019).
"The breadth and depth of this tome is remarkable; both the data and the secondary literature are, for the most part, expertly presented, and the discussion is evenhanded. [...] Although I find myself in disagreement with a number of the claims in the book, it is nevertheless an important and thorough work that should be a part of any serious Semitic library." ~ Na'ama Pat-El, University of Texas at Austin, in Journal of the American Oriental Society (141/3, 2021).
"(...) there are already numerous studies in comparative Semitics about negation. Sjoers' book, however, provides by far the most detailed and exhaustive study of the topic, and it will definitely stand as a major contribution to the field for many years. It will be of use for both scholars interested in phenomena related to negation and, at the same time, for linguists and philologist who work on the languages that are covered extensively in the book." ~ Elitzur Bar-Asher Siegal, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, in Orientalistische Literaturzeitung (116/4-5, 2021).
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Ambjoern Sjoers, Ph.D. (2015), Uppsala University, is a post-doc researcher 2016-2019 at the University of Cambridge, the University of Chicago, and Uppsala University.
Preface
List of Tables and Diagrams
Abbreviations, Terminology, and Symbols
Part 1: Introduction
1 Preliminaries
?1.1?Objective, Scope, and Method
?1.2?Previous Research on Negation in Comparative Semitic Linguistics
?1.3?Languages and Text Material
2 On the Grammar of Negation
?2.1?Functional Perspectives on Negation
?2.2?Standard Negation and Finiteness
?2.3?Standard Negation and Asymmetries
?2.4?Non-Standard Negation
?2.5?Renewal of Negation
Part 2: Presentation and Analysis of the Material
3 Old Assyrian and East Semitic
?3.1?Introduction
?3.2emsp;Standard Negation
?3.3emsp;Emphatic Negation with ula
?3.4emsp;Negated Interrogative and Subordinate Clauses
?3.5emsp;Prohibitive e iprus
?3.6emsp;Prohibitions with la
?3.7emsp;Excursus: Literary Old Babylonian
?3.8emsp;Excursus: Eblaite
4 Ugaritic
?4.1emsp;Introduction
?4.2emsp;Negative *la and Asseverative *la-
?4.3emsp;Past la yqtl
?4.4emsp;Negated qvtvla
?4.5emsp;Non-past la yqtl
?4.6emsp;Emphatic Negation and Noun-phrase Negation
?4.7emsp;Negated Subordinate Clauses
?4.8emsp;The Prohibitor ?al-
?4.9emsp;Pleonastic Negation
5 Standard Biblical Hebrew
?5.1emsp;Introduction
?5.2emsp;Orthography of lo
?5.3emsp;Negated Asyndetic Clauses
?5.4emsp;Syndetic w?-lo qvtvla
?5.5emsp;Syndetic w?-lo yvqtvlu
?5.6emsp;Syndetic w?-X lo qvtvla/yvqtvlu
?5.7emsp;Negative Conditional Linkings and Pleonastic Negation
?5.8emsp;Negative Questions and Constituent Negation
?5.9emsp;The Prohibitor ?al-
6 Phoenician
?6.1emsp;Introduction
?6.2emsp;Negative bl
?6.3emsp;The Prohibitor ?l
?6.4emsp;Negative ?y and ?y-bl
7 Aramaic, Deir Alla, and Sam'alian
?7.1emsp;Introduction
?7.2emsp;Orthography of la
?7.3emsp;layvqtvl
?7.4emsp;Negated qvtvla
?7.5emsp;Negation of qatil
?7.6emsp;Negated yvqtvlu
?7.7emsp;Negative Possible Consequence Clauses
?7.8emsp;The Prohibitor ?al-
?7.9emsp;Western Neo-Aramaic
8 Quran Arabic
?8.1emsp;Introduction
?8.2emsp;Orthography of la
?8.3emsp;la yvqtvlu in Declarative Main Clauses
?8.4emsp;Negative lam
?8.5emsp;Negative ma
?8.6emsp;Negated Interrogative and Subordinate Clauses
?8.7emsp;Negated Conditional Linkings
?8.8emsp;Prohibitive la yvqtvl and la yvqtvlanna
?8.9emsp;Negated yvqtvla
?8.10emsp;Negative ?in
9 Minaic, Sabaic, and Ancient South Arabian
?9.1emsp;Introduction
?9.2emsp;Minaic
?9.3emsp;Early and Middle Sabaic
?9.4emsp;Late Sabaic and Negative d?
?9.5emsp;Negative lm in Amiritic
10 Jibbali and Modern South Arabian
?10.1emsp;Introduction
?10.2emsp;Allomorphs of the Preverbal Negator
?10.3emsp;Negation in Jibbali
11 Tigre and Tigrinya
?11.1emsp;Introduction
?11.2emsp;The Preverbal Negator in Northern Ethiosemitic
?11.3emsp;Negation in Tigre
?11.4emsp;Negation in Tigrinya
12 Amharic and Harari
?12.1emsp;Introduction
?12.2emsp;The Preverbal Negator in Amharic and Harari
?12.3emsp;Negation with Clitic *-ma in Amharic and Harari
?12.4emsp;Negative Asymmetries
?12.5emsp;Non-standard Negation in Amharic and Harari
?12.6emsp;Excursus: The Negated Imperfective in Wolane and Silte
13 Gafat, Kistane, and Peripheral Western Gurage
?13.1emsp;Introduction
?13.2emsp;The Preverbal Negator in Gafat and Kistane
?13.3emsp;Negation in Gafat
?13.4emsp;Negative Asymmetries in Kistane
?13.5emsp;Excursus: Negation in Peripheral Western Gurage
Part 3: Concluding Discussion
14 Innovative Expressions of Negation
?14.1emsp;Collocation and Univerbation with Focus Particles
?14.2emsp;Reanalysis of Scale Reversal Contexts
?14.3emsp;Collocation with Markers for Old Information
?14.4emsp;Collocation with Pro-sentential Negators
?14.5emsp;Borrowing
15 Other Negators and Negative Asymmetries
?15.1emsp;Akkadian
?15.2emsp;Northwest Semitic
?15.3emsp;Arabic
?15.4emsp;Ancient South Arabian
?15.5emsp;Modern South Arabian
?15.6emsp;Ethiosemitic
16 Reconstruction
?16.1emsp;Distribution of *la and *?al-
?16.2emsp;Negated yvqtvl in Northwest Semitic and Akkadian
?16.3emsp;Development of *?al- to a Standard Negator
References
Index
