Adjective + Complement in Semitic Languages
The relationship between the two components of the construction known in Arabic as الاضافة غير الحقيقية, e.g., الحَسَنُ ٱلْوَجْهِ, Hebrewיְפֵה עֵינַיִם, and Akkadian damqam īnim ‘beautiful-faced/eyed’, is commonly held to be one of nexus: ‘His/her eyes/face are/is beautiful’. The author of the art...
Main Author: | Amikam Gai |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Department of Linguistics and Philology, Uppsala University
2019-03-01
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Series: | Orientalia Suecana |
Online Access: | https://journals.uu.se/orientaliasuecana/article/view/533 |
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