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HU Credits:
2
Degree/Cycle:
1st degree (Bachelor)
Responsible Department:
Linguistics
Semester:
1st Semester
Teaching Languages:
Hebrew
Campus:
Mt. Scopus
Course/Module Coordinator:
Eitan Grossman
Coordinator Office Hours:
By appointment
Teaching Staff:
Prof Ethan Grossman
Course/Module description:
This course introduces students to the grammatical structure and lexicon of Coptic, the latest stage of the Ancient Egyptian language (Afroasiatic), focusing on the Sahidic dialect. The first semester deals with the morphosyntax of phrases and clauses.
Course/Module aims:
This course is intended to introduce students to the descriptive analysis of a language, and to relate the structure of Coptic to issues in general linguistics.
Learning outcomes - On successful completion of this module, students should be able to:
(1) Analyze and understand a simple Coptic text.
(2) Use the main grammatical and lexical reference tools (grammaries, dictionaries).
(3) Have a basic acquaintance with current trends in Coptic linguistics.
Attendance requirements(%):
100%
Teaching arrangement and method of instruction:
Frontal lecture + tutorial. Weekly homework.
Course/Module Content:
1 18.10.2020 Introduction; noun phrases (1)
Basic nominal categories
2 25.10.2020 Noun phrases (2)
De niteness and inde niteness; coordination; possession
3 1.11.2020 Noun phrases (3)
Attributive constructions; numeral constructions
4 8.11.2020 Clauses with nominal predicates
5 15.11.2020 Prepositional phrases
Bound person markers; prepositions; some adverbs; in-
tensi ers
6 22.11.2020 Review of the noun phrase
7 29.12.2020 Verbal morphosyntax (1): The Bipartite Construc-
tion (1)
S/A (`subject') pre xes; locative predicates; negation;
in nitives and statives; P (`direct object') marking
8 6.12.2020 Verbal morphosyntax (2): The Bipartite Con-
struction (2)
Continuation of morphosyntax; tense and aspect
9 13.12.2020 Verbal morphosyntax (3): The Tripartite Con-
struction (1)
Morphosyntax of main verbal clauses; tense, aspect, and
mofality; negation
10 20.12.2020 Verbal morphosyntax (4): P-marking
Bound verb stems; incorporation; case marking
11 27.12.2020 Verbal morphosyntax (5): The Tripartite Con-
struction (2)
Adverbial subordination
12 3.1.2021 Verbal morphosyntax (6): Causative construc-
tions
Lexical and morphological causatives; complement
clauses
13 10.1.2021 Review of verbal morphosyntax
`Have' constructions; `adjective verbs'
14 17.1.2021 The converter system
Required Reading:
See syllabus.
Additional Reading Material:
Cerny, Jaroslav. 1976. Coptic etymological dictionary. Cambridge.
Crum, Walter E. 1939. Coptic dictionary. Oxford.
Grossman, Eitan & Tonio Sebastian Richter. 2014. The Egyptian-Coptic language: its setting in space, time and culture 69{102. Berlin: De Gruyter
Mouton.
Layton, Bentley. 2004. A Coptic grammar (Sahidic Dialect): With a
chrestomathy and glossary. Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz.
Layton, Bentley. 2007. Coptic in 20 lessons: Introduction to Sahidic Coptic with
exercises and vocabularies. Leuven: Peeters.
Meyer, Ronny & H. Ekkehard Wol . 2019. Afroasiatic linguistic features and
typologies. In H. Ekkehard Wol (ed.), The Cambridge handbook of African
linguistics The Cambridge handbook of African linguistics, 246{325. Cam-
bridge University Press.
Polotsky, Hans Jakob. 1960. The Coptic conjugation system. Orientalia 29(4).
392{422.
Shisha-Halevy, Ariel. 1986. Coptic grammatical categories: Structural studies in
the syntax of Shenoutean Sahidic. Rome: Ponti cium Institutum Biblicum.
Shisha-Halevy, Ariel. 1988. Coptic grammatical chrestomathy. a course for aca-
demic and private study. Leuven: Peeters.
Course/Module evaluation:
End of year written/oral examination 70 %
Presentation 0 %
Participation in Tutorials 10 %
Project work 0 %
Assignments 20 %
Reports 0 %
Research project 0 %
Quizzes 0 %
Other 0 %
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