Middle Kingdom Studies by Stephen Quirke

Middle Kingdom Studies by Stephen Quirke

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Similarly, then, the patterns which follow ïw and other auxiliaries are to be treated synchronically as unconverted clauses behaving as non-initial main clauses, rather than as forms specialized for adverbial subordinate behaviour . Auxiliaries impose the further collocational restriction that such patterns be headed by non-nominal predicates. However, non-nominality does not reduce to adverbial properties in this case; rather it must be treated in terms of the inherent non-nominality of (unconverted) verbal expressions and adverbial expressions (see section 0).

Ram II vs ii 5). A. Collier, The syntax of time phrases in Middle Egyptian' MS. Circumstantially adverbial? 45 with demonstrative and indirect genitive dependents in adjunct/focus position, a behaviour characteristic of simple nominals . l hr hs(w)t nt hr-nsw r-iwt hrw n mnî I received the king's favours until the day of mooring came. k hrw n krs (And) you have considered the day of burial. Of course, ordinary bare nominals do not occur in adjunct/focus positions. However, ordinary nominals do not carry inherent semantic roles and need to be assigned a semantic role in a situation/proposition by some other expression, such as a verb or a preposition.

71. 6 Whether analysed as sdjnt(f) (cf H. Satzinger, JEA 57 (1971), 58-69) or narrative infinitive (cf W. Schenkel, GM 4 (1973), 23-8. 9 Circumstantially adverbial? 47 subordinate expression; rather they are coordinated with the preceding pattern as noninitial main clauses. sn I caused that t3-mhw strike them, I carried off their inhabitants and I seized their cattle. f w t hr mw kt hr it Its one side was under water and the other was under barley. c) bare pseudo-verbal construction 93) Leb 107-8: iw sf3k nht hr h3w n bw-nb Gentleness has perished and the strong man descends upon everyone.

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