Biblical Hebrew Forum

[Lewis Reich <lewisreich AT yahoo.com>]

I've always been curious about the extent to which differences
in usage of ani/anoki might be paralleled in the plural forms
anu/anaknu....

Lewis Reich

--- Vincent DeCaen <decaen AT chass.utoronto.ca> wrote:
> hello friends,
> 
> ran a database on ani vs anoki in samuel-kings, controlling
> for every
> grammatical variable. there does appear to be a grammatical
> determination. as a first approximation, ani with finite
> verbs, anoki with 
> pred adjectives, and mixed with participles---to the extent
> they're 
> functioning as verbs or adjectives. 
> 
> there are of course other factors, including main/subordinate
> clause, and
> word order, etc. some exceptions appear to be consistently
> localized, and
> may indicate sources (?)....
> 
> perhaps this work would be publishable before the end of
> term...
> 
> cheers
> V
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