Plumley An Introductory Coptic Grammar (Sahidic Dialect).pdf

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1、www.metalog.org/files/Plumley.pdf(PDFdocument,Letterpaper8.5x11)AnIntroductoryCopticGrammar(SahidicDialect)byJohnMartinPlumleySubsequentlyProfessorofEgyptology,theUniversityofCambridge55LondonHome&vanThal1948Originalmimeograph:www.metalog.org/files/plumley.htmlFotocopiedattheHebrewUn

2、iversityLibrary,Jerusalem,1988TranscribedbyGeorgeSomselandPatersonBrown;revisedIV.10HypertextandSpanishversions:www.metalog.org/files/plum.htmlContentsDetailedTableofContents(475Kb):www.metalog.org/files/plumley/html/toc.htmIntroductionPage3ChapterI.TheAlphabet4ChapterII.Syllablesand

3、Words6ChapterIII.Morphology8ChapterIV.TheArticle14ChapterV.TheNumerals16ChapterVI.TheVerb19ChapterVII.VerbClasses120ChapterVIII.VerbClasses224ChapterIX.Conjugation;DurativeTenses29ChapterX.LimitativeTenses33ChapterXI.OtherVerbForms36ChapterXII.Particles41ChapterXIII.TheAdverb44Chapte

4、rXIV.Syntax48ChapterXV.FormsofSpeech53ChapterXVI.AdverbialClauses58IndexofCopticTerms61CommonIrregularVerbParts69GeneralEnglishIndex692IntroductionThestudentwishingtoacquireaknowledgeofCoptic,thelaststageoftheOldEgyptianLanguage,hashadperforcetoconsulttheGrammarsofStern,Steindorff,Ma

5、llon,TillandChane,noneofwhichareavailableinanEnglishtranslation,andallofwhicharedifficulttoprocure.ThelastCopticGrammarofimportanceprintedinEnglishwasthesecondeditionofDrTattern'sGrammar,publishedaslongagoas1863(onlineathttp://sourceforge.net/projects/marcion/files/rc3/marcion_rc3-wi

6、n32.zip/download;unzip,thenrunmarcion.exe).SincethattimeourknowledgeofthelanguagehasbeengreatlyincreasedbytheworkoftwogenerationsofCopticscholars.Ontheotherhand,therenowexistsinEnglishthemagnificentCopticDictionarycompiledbythelateDrW.E.Crum(www.metalog.org/files/crum.html).Itiswiths

7、ometrepidationthatIhaveventuredtowriteanewGrammar.TheneedforaworkinEnglishispressing,butitmustnotbethoughtthatthisattempttosupplytheneedisinthenatureofanexhaustivestudy.SuchanattemptcannotyetbeundertakenuntilathoroughsystematicandstatisticalexaminationofthewritingsofShenoute,thesoleo

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