(Ỉ)rf in the Coffin Texts

A Functional Tableau

Bibliographic Data

ID3965690
AuthorsAriel Shisha-Halevy (corresponding author)
Year1986
Volume106
Issue4
Pages641
Publication date1986-10-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of the American Oriental Society (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0003-0279 • E-ISSN: 2169-2289
PublisherJSTOR (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.2307/603528
OpenAlexW2185883560
LanguageEN
References cited14

A structural, corpus-based role examination of the Middle Egyptian particle element written irf/rf shows it to be anything but simple or monolithic. Scanning its environmental distribution as well as its micro- and macro-syntactic compatibilities and its commutabilities we arrive at two major structural identities (i.e., functions correlatable with distinct formal entities): (a) an analyzable, verb-syntagm-componential AUGENS r.f, the pronominal component of which is conditioned by a preceding pronoun and noun, (b) an invariable, unanalyzable morph irf, a DISCOURSE COHENSION EXPONENT in dialogic syntax, signalling the non-initiality as well as non-finality of its clause, with an additional intra-clausal prosodic DISJUNCTOR function. Each of these is illustrated and discussed in detail, under consideration of its morphological and environmental specifics, a transitional linking role between the two is postulated and illustrated. It is suggested that a third element (rf, invariable and unanalyzable) is a secondary manifestation of irf, functionally specialized as a SUPERORDINATOR

Dialogic · Element (criminal law) · Linguistics · Noun · Pronoun · Syntax · Verb · Computer Science · Linguistics and Discourse Analysis · Natural Language Processing Techniques · Philosophy · Psychology · Syntax, Semantics, Linguistic Variation

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