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| 0690-3354-01 | CANAANO-AKKADIAN: THE LANGUAGE OF THE EL-AMARNA LETTERS FROM | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Course description
Canaano-Akkadian: The Language of the El-Amarna Letters from Canaan
The el-Amarna letters are written in cuneiform script and in a mixed language, integrating Canaanite substrata in Peripheral Akkadian. we shall learn how to eliminate the non-Akkdian elements from the mixed language and deal with the structural affinities of the mixed Canaano-Akkadian language.
Reqirements: Advanced Akkadian; Introduction to Semitic Linguistics; one year of a Northwest Semitic language or Classical Arabic.
The el-Amarna letters are written in cuneiform script and in a mixed language, integrating Canaanite substrata in Peripheral Akkadian. we shall learn how to eliminate the non-Akkdian elements from the mixed language and deal with the structural affinities of the mixed Canaano-Akkadian language.
Reqirements: Advanced Akkadian; Introduction to Semitic Linguistics; one year of a Northwest Semitic language or Classical Arabic.