From noun phrase syntax to TAM features

Elsa Oréal (1)

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This paper proposes a new analysis of non-subject relative constructions involving a participial base modifying a head and a participant originally encoded as a possessor. A diachronic analysis explains how these possessive constructions in attributive function serve as a source for TAM values characteristic for verb forms that emerge in this relative function. The reconstructed pathway of change thus represents an original case of verbal morphology grammaticalizing out of syntactic and discursive functions marked within the noun phrase.

Mots clés: egyptian language; possession

Domaines: Linguistique; Sciences de l'Homme et Société

Elsa Oréal. From noun phrase syntax to TAM features: Possessive encoding of the participants as a source for non-subject relative constructions in Earlier Egyptian. E. Grossman & S. Polis. Possession in Ancient Egyptian, 1, Mouton De Gruyter, 2018, The Mouton Companions to Ancient Egyptian 978-3-11-026039-7. ⟨hal-01481010⟩