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| List of illustrations | |
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| Preface | |
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| Abbreviations | |
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| Map | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Lesson 1 | |
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| Case endings of noun and adjective; a-stems | |
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| Pronoun generalities: personal pronoun first person; enclitic personal pronoun | |
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| Verb generalities: person, number, voice, tense, mode, aspect; conjugations; present active indicative; verbs with unchanging stem | |
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| Syntax: case functions; connectives nu, �u, ta; conjunction -a/-ya; sentence particles; future; article | |
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| Phonology: dentals *-TT- > -TsT-; vowels; plene spellings; bound transcription | |
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| Sumerian and Akkadian: Sumerian plural; genitival relations; Akkadian prepositions | |
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| Cuneiform signs: aeiu�a� p�t/BE nu hal tar an/DINGIR, determinatives: <sup>m</sup> L� <sup>f</sup>MUNUS <sup>d</sup> KUR URU � | |
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| Exercises; KBo 3.4 i 1-7 | |
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| Lesson 2 | |
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| i-stem nouns and adjectives | |
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| Third person enclitic pronoun | |
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| Preterite indicative active | |
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| Syntax and word formation: subject clitic �a� and transitive verbs; -nu- and -ahh- causatives, -e��- fientives and statives; verbal tense system; clitic conjunctions -ma- and -a-; stem forms of names | |
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| Phonology: -aya- > -a-, sonorants, and glides | |
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| Akkadian: noun cases masculine | |
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| Cuneiform signs: ka/qa p�r/ma� iz/Gi� pa/hat ti en/EN na ARAD/� ni D�ir, determinatives: HUR.SAG � P�GI� NA<sub>4</sub> UEUDU DUG | |
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| Exercises; KBo 3.4 i 8-18 | |
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| Lesson 3 | |
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| u-stem nouns and adjectives | |
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| Second person personal pronoun: free-standing personal pronoun; enclitic pronoun | |
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| Present and preterite indicative medio-passive | |
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| Syntax and semantics: particles -za, -wa(r-); slots in the clitic chain; particle -pat; neuter plural subject = singular verb | |
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| Phonology: -uw- > -um-, -wu- > -mu- | |
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| Akkadian: noun cases feminine | |
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| Cuneiform signs: L� �E� LUGAL up p�A� GU<sub>4</sub> ga DUG �a ta ap at la, determinatives: T� S� GADA KU� IM | |
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| Exercises; KBo 3.4 i 16-35 | |
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| Lesson 4 | |
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| ai- and aw-noun diphthong stems | |
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| Demonstrative pronoun ka-; tamai- | |
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| Ablauting verbs lb (type epp-lapp-) | |
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| Syntax: el-1 as- "to be"; nominal sentences; possessive constructions | |
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| Phonology: double vs. single writing of consonants (Sturtevant's Law) | |
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| Akkadian: status constructus | |
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| Cuneiform signs: am ne e kal/dan un/uN ma ku ba URU i ia, determinatives: NINDA URU TU7 U GI | |
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| Exercises; KBo 3.4 i 36-ii 6 | |
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| Lesson 5 | |
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| -nt- and -t- noun stems | |
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| Demonstrative pronoun apa- | |
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| Thematic verb stems Ic, including -sfce-imperfectives; participles | |
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| Semantics: -�ke-imperfectives | |
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| Phonology: -�ke-imperfectives | |
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| Akkadian: possessive suffixes | |
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| Cuneiform signs: GAM t�n hi im e� �e pu zi uz ah/eh/ih/uh har/hur/mur, determinatives: SAR KAM MU�EN KI | |
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| Exercises; KBo 3.4 ii 7-32 | |
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| Lesson 6 | |
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| n-stem nouns | |
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| Relative and interrogative pronoun kui- | |
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| Ablauting verbs: Id (type huek-/huk-) and Ie (type link-/lik-); If (har-/hark- "to have, hold"), and hark- "to perish" | |
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| Syntax and semantics: relative clauses; periphrastic perfect | |
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| Phonology: nasals | |
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| Akkadian: some verb forms | |
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| Cuneiform signs: tu te li in �ar me ME� a za ha | |
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| Exercises; KBo 3.4 ii 33-56 | |
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| Lesson 7 | |
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| -r-/-n- or heteroclitic noun stems | |
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| Indefinite pronoun kui�ki | |
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| Ablauting verbs: IIb (type �akk-/�ekk-); Ig (type tama��-/tame��-); infinitive II | |
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| Syntax and semantics: conditional clauses and indefinite pronouns; relative pronouns; modal particle (-)man (optative, irrealis, potentialis) | |
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| Phonology: /r/, -tn- > -nn- | |
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| Numerals: 1,2,3 | |
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| Cuneiform signs: i� u� du da it hu ri ar k�n 1 2 3 | |
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| Exercises; KBo 3.4 ii 57-78 | |
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| Lesson 8 | |
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| r- and l-stem nouns | |
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| Distributive pronoun kui��a | |
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| Half-consonantal verb stems: IIc (type i�sa-/ e��a-); Ih (pai-) and Ii (uwa-); imperative active and medio-passive | |
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| Syntax and semantics: prefixes u- and pe-; phraseological construction; prohibitive; indefinite kui�=a� imma kui� | |
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| Phonology: abl. -z and particle -za + conjunction �a/-ya | |
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| Numerals: 4-10 | |
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| Cuneiform signs: ra al ka �i wa ul kum ru ut di ki 45678910 | |
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| Exercises; KBo 3.4 iii 10-38 | |
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| Lesson 9 | |
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| s-stem nouns | |
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| Suffixed possessive pronoun | |
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| Verb class IId (pai-, dai-, nai-), IIe (mema-); Ij (te-/tar-), IIIa (au�-/au-/u-); supinum | |
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| Syntax and semantics: supinum; ergative in -ant- | |
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| Numerals: higher than 10 | |
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| Cuneiform signs: mu mi lum lam dam �u ik/G�L ak �ir lu/UDU kat mar az/uk h� z� | |
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| Exercises; KBo 3.4 iii 39-72 | |
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| Lesson 10 | |
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| Irregular nouns ker, per, utne | |
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| Demonstrative and anaphoric pronoun a�i | |
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| Verb class IIf (type da-); infinitive I, verbal noun; infinite verb | |
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| Syntax and semantics: verbal noun; genitivus quasi gerundivalis; infinitives; similes; comparative and superlative; adverbs in -ili; local or dimensional adverbs | |
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| Cuneiform signs: rad gi nam pal/BAL li� t�� ib ur gur zu ki� | |
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| Exercises; KBo 3.4 iii 73-95, iv 22-48 | |
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| Paradigms | |
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| Sources of exercise material | |
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| Grammatical index | |
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| Cuneiform sign list | |
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| Glossary | |