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THE SPATIAL ADJUNCT IN MIDDLE
EGYPTIAN: DATA FROM THE COFFIN
TEXTS
CARLOS GRACIA ZAMACONA
ABSTRACT
This paper aims to describe the spatial adjunct (SA) of
motion verbs in the Middle Egyptian of the Coffin Texts.
Verbs expressing both position and displacement are
understood here as “motion verbs”. After a brief
presentation of the corpus and methodological approach, a
basic theoretical framework is proposed, followed by a
description of the spatial adjunct in the domain of the
verbal sentence. Notions of interior space, the nature of
space and limited/unlimited space are analysed, showing
their relevance to the subject under study. This is followed
by some theoretical reflections on the valential position of the
spatial adjunct and its closeness to direct and indirect
objects. In this respect, G. Lazard’s concept of “objectal
zone” seems to be very useful. Finally, the resulting twelve
spatial functions are illustrated with their respective tables,
showing the prepositions used according to the criteria
imposed on the description.
Der Beitrag behandelt die räumliche Ergänzung der
“Verben der Bewegung” im Mittelägyptischen der
Sargtexte. Als “Verben der Bewegung” werden dabei
solche aufgefasst, die eine Position oder eine
Ortsveränderung ausdrücken. Nach einer kurzen
Darstellung des Corpus` und der methodischen
Herangehensweise wird ein methodischer Rahmen
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