Preface
Abbreviations
Introduction
1. The Amarna Letters and Their Study
1.1. The Amarna Letters
1.2. The Study of the Verbal System of the Amarna Letters from Canaan
2. The Language of the Amarna Letters from Canaan
2.1. Peripheral Akkadian and Cuneiform in Canaan as the Linguistic Context of the Amarna Language
2.2. More Data: Features of Peripheral Akkadian That Are Relevant to Discussions about the Nature of the Amarna Language
2.3. Interlanguage as a Framework for Understanding the Linguistic System of the Amarna Letters from Canaan
2.4. The Amarna Interlanguage
2.5. The Scribes as the Users of the Amarna Interlanguage
2.6. The Amarna Interlanguage as a Comprehensive Framework
3. Morphology of the Amarna Verb
3.1. Paradigms of the Amarna Verbs
3.2. Variation in the Morphology of the Amarna Verb
3.3. The Morphology of the Amarna Verb as a System
4. Uses of the Verbal Forms
4.1. Qatal and Its Indicative Uses
4.2. The Indicative Use of Yaqtul
4.3. The Uses of Yaqtulu
4.4. Directive-Volitive Forms, the Modal Sequence, and Yaqtula
4.5. Conditional Clauses
4.6. Energic
4.7. Verbs in the Epistolary Performative Utterances
5. Verbs in the Amarna Letters from Canaan from a Systemic Perspective
5.1. The Nature and Logic of the Amarna Verbal System
5.2. Forms and Uses of the Verbs buʾʾû, edû, and raʾmu
5.3. The Verbal System of the Letters from Tyre
5.4. The Amarna Verbal System and a Larger Semitic Perspective
5.5. Conclusions
Appendix 1. The Senders of the Amarna Letters
Appendix 2. The Amarna Letters from Canaan according to Their Provenance
Appendix 3. The Amarna Letters from Canaan Excluded from Analysis
Appendix 4. Cities and Their Letters
Appendix 5. Scribes and Their Letters
Appendix 6. Morphological Terminology and Abbreviations
Bibliography
Indexes
Index of Passages Cited
Index of Subjects
Index of Akkadian Terms Discussed