Copular Clauses and Focus Marking in Sumerian

• Váldodahkki: Zólyomi, Gábor (auth)
• Materiálatiipa: Elektrovnnalaš Girjji oassi
• Giella: eaŋgalasgiella
• Almmustuhtton: De Gruyter 2014
• Fáttát: Sumerian; grammaticalization; copula; copular clauses; focus; information structure; cuneiform languages
• Liŋkkat: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

This work is the first comprehensive description of Sumerian constructions involving a copula. Using around 400 fully glossed examples, it gives a thorough analysis of all uses of the copula, which is one of the least understood and most frequently misinterpreted and consequently mistranslated morph...