Sentential Complementation in Akkadian‪.‬

SCHEMATIC SUMMARY GUY DEUTSCHER'S RECENT BOOK comprises a number of studies that treat different facets of sentential complementation in Akkadian. Following a short introductory chapter, the second chapter is a general discussion of the term "sentential complementation." The third is an introduction to Akkadian for the non-specialist reader, including a short but useful section devoted to the language of the letters. The fourth chapter is an attempt to prove that finite complements marked by kima originate in historically adverbial clauses of the same structure. Chapter 5 describes the evolution of the quotative marker umma X-ma. Chapter 6 introduces the functional domain of complementation. Chapters 7 and 8 describe the complementation of verbs of perception and knowledge and verbs of manipulation, respectively. The ninth chapter treats indirect questions. Chapter 10 adduces cross-linguistic parallels to the Babylonian development. The last chapter discusses putative reasons for the development of finite complementation in Babylonian.