Towards the formation of grammatical thinking: Babylonian descriptionof Sumerian language

Authors

  • Lorenzo Verderame Università di Roma La Sapienza
  • Alfredo Rizza Università di Verona

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.4454/abjfxb50

Keywords:

History of Linguistic Science, Sumerian Language, Babylonian Grammatical Texts

Abstract

This paper offers an overview of the history of the so-called Babylonian grammatical texts. We show their main textual and conceptual features. These texts testify more to competence than knowledge, but as of the earliest tablets,
such competence seems to have been based on a naive theory of grammar.

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Published

2024-11-05

Issue

Vol. 13 No. 1-2 (2024)

Section

Essays

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