Linguistic Studies in Phoenician

Published by Penn State University Press 2013

Linguistic Studies in Phoenician

Edited by: Robert D. Holmstedt and Aaron Schade

https://doi.org/10.1515/9781575068558

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Linguistic Studies in Phoenician: In Memory of J. Brian Peckham honors the late Professor J. Brian Peckham, a scholar who has been instrumental in furthering the cause of Phoenician studies over the past decades. His passion made him an exceptional teacher, and his research on Phoenician studies resulted in his Phoenicia: Episodes and Anecdotes from the Ancient Mediterranean (Eisenbrauns, 2014), which he finished just prior to his passing in September 2008.

This collection of studies dedicated to his memory is aimed at advancing our understanding of the grammatical and historical features of the Phoenician language, a favorite topic that Professor Peckham rigorously studied and taught. The first set of studies concentrates on linguistic features of Phoenician qua Phoenician. They include investigations of phonology and morphology, as well as linguistic approaches to syntax and text-level pragmatics. The second set of studies seeks to situate aspects of the Phoenician language typologically or within comparative, etymological, and historical Semitics. The result is a group of studies covering topics ranging from case endings, negation, pronominal usage, and phonology to dialectology, etymologies, and text linguistics. Given the use of Phoenician throughout the Mediterranean littoral, this volume contains something of interest for numerous areas of investigation, including comparative Semitics, Anatolian, early Mediterranean, and even Hebrew and biblical studies.

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	v
Preface Publicly Available Download PDF	vii
Abbreviations Publicly Available Download PDF	ix
Introduction Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
1. Phoenician–Punic: The View Backward— Phonology versus Paleography Robert M. Kerr Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	9
2. The Road Not Taken: An Independent Object Pronoun in Cebel Ires Dağı 7A–7B? Paul G. Mosca Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	30
3. On Negation in Phoenician Naʾama Pat-El Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	47
4. The Phoenician Words mškb and ʿrr in the Royal Inscription of Kulamuwa (KAI 24.14–15) and the Body Language of Peripheral Politics Philip C. Schmitz Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	68
5. The Syntax and Pragmatics of Subject Pronouns in Phoenician Robert D. Holmstedt Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	84
6. Fronted Word Order in Phoenician Inscriptions Aaron Schade Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	111
7. The “Narrative Infinitive” in Phoenician and Its Background: A Discourse Analysis Approach Andrés Piquer Otero Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	138
8. The Linguistic Position of Old Byblian Holger Gzella Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	170
9. Phoenician Case in Typological Context Rebecca Hasselbach Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	199
10. A Brief Case for Phoenician as the Language of the “Gezer Calendar” Dennis Pardee Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	226
Index of Authors Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	247

Language: English
Publisher: Penn State University Press
Pages
- Main content: 264

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Published: May 15, 2013
ISBN: 9781575068558