Neuassyrische Grammatik

The Neo-Assyrian Grammar provides the first complete grammatical description of the Semitic language of the Neo-Assyrian Empire, which existed from around 1000 to 609 BC. Although Neo-Assyrian is attested in approximately 6000 texts that have been published in high-quality editions since 1987, the philological exploration of the language has not kept pace with historical research on the texts. The new grammar by Hannes Leonhardt describes the graphy, phonology, morphology, morphosyntax, and syntax of the language in separate sections, utilizing the available text material as comprehensively as possible. Following this, additional chapters offer an overview of Assyrian language history and address the relationship of Neo-Assyrian to its "sister dialect," Neo-Babylonian, as well as to Aramaic.