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Assyrian Vowel Dissimilation
Seiten 265 - 278
DOI https://doi.org/10.13173/zeitdeutmorggese.170.2.0265
One of the features of the Assyrian dialects, that sets it apart from Babylonian,
is the preservation of /a/ in the first syllable of non-finite forms of the
D-stem and Š-stem: PuRRuS ~ PaRRuS and šuPRuS ~ šaPRuS. In the Neo-Assyrian
period, a similar sound change /u/ > /a/ took place, presumably when followed
by stressed /u/ in the next syllable:
‘grave’. This short study will review the Old Assyrian and Neo-Assyrian periods
while reassessing the Middle Assyrian text corpus and presenting some new
evidence for this type of vowel dissimilation in nominal forms not related to
the D-stem and Š-stem.
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