SUMERIAN

CONTENTS
LESSON 15
CONSTRUCTIONS INVOLVING AN “EXTRA” VERBAL PARTICIPANT ............................223
15.1 The causative construction ..............................................................................223
15.2 The compound verbs..........................................................................................226
15.3 The external possession construction ............................................................228
15.4 The dative promotion ........................................................................................230
Further readings ........................................................................................................232
Exercises......................................................................................................................233
LESSON 16
NEGATION AND MODALITY ..............................................................................................237
16.1 The negative particle ........................................................................................237
16.2 Modality ..............................................................................................................239
Further readings ........................................................................................................249
Exercises......................................................................................................................249
INDEX OF QUOTED SUMERIAN TEXTS ............................................................................255
REFERENCES........................................................................................................................263
SOLUTION KEY TO SELECTED EXERCISES ........................................................................271
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