As of September 23, 1996, Middle Egyptian Grammar by James E.
Hoch: current length 385 pp. + xx; proposed final length: ca 500 pp.
including
appendices, index of grammatical matters, glossary of Egyptian vocabulary,
glossary of technical terms, and sign list. The current version contains
an
index, a key to about 1/2 of the exercises, and an Egyptian-English
vocabulary
list. The book is Volume 15 of SSEA Publications and the co-publisher is
Benben Publications. Although it is now a recognized book, the "real,"
official publication will be around late 1997 or 1998. Production and
distribution are currently still done by the author. Users' suggestions,
comments, and criticisms are always most welcome!
The book contains 16 lessons. Each lesson has a thorough exercise with
translation and parsing sections. Later translations consist of fairly
extended passages. Reading passages from interesting original
texts
begin in lesson 7 (a poem of a man contemplating death and suicide from
the
"Dispute between a man and his ba"). The complete text of the "Shipwrecked
Sailor" appears in serial form (with suitable cliff-hangers) in the
remainder
of the reading passages. The exercises are difficult, but interesting from
the
point of view of Egyptian culture, education, religion, history, medicine,
and
literature.
The theoretical approach is "Standard Theory" with some innovations.
The
examples are mostly in complete sentences and occasionally consist of
short
passages to provide grammatical and semantic context (and review).
The publisher has set the following prices:
US & overseas orders: $50 (US)
Canadian orders: $60 (Canadian)
Note the following discounts for multiple-copy orders: 2-3 copies 20%
discount; 4 or more copies 40% discount.
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the
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