The Ancient Egyptian Second Infinitive? ‘iw + subject + r + infinitive’ Interpreted Through the Biblical Infinitive Absolute and the Polish Second Infinitive

Infinitives and infinitival constructions seem to be a kind of conceptualization embedded in a language with a ‘genus’ different to that of other grammatical forms. But why did human cognition invent infinitives and their associated constructions? On an ontological level, infinitives indicate intent...

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Main Author: Mariusz Izydor Prokopowicz
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Ksiegarnia Akademicka Publishing 2014-12-01
Series:Studies in Ancient Art and Civilization
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Online Access:https://journals.akademicka.pl/saac/article/view/3092