Junge F. Late Egyptian Grammar

Second Edition. — Oxford: Griffith Institute, 2005. — 391 pages. — ISBN: 3-447-04073-4. Введение в грамматику новоегипетского языка предназначено для тех, кто уже прошел курс среднеегипетской грамматики. Его большое достоинство в том, что оно идеально подходит для самостоятельного изучения. This introduction is based on traditional instruction in Late Egyptian insofar as it is assumed that the student already has a grasp of Middle Egyptian. In principle, it should be possible to introduce the student to the Egyptian language directly with Late Egyptian. The peculiarities of Late Egyptian orthography argue against this approach, however, and scholarly tradition has followed another route Late Egyptian is thus introduced here through the structure of Middle Egyptian, but this introduction also aspires to accompany the student later, serving as a reference work as well, with indexes indicating problems which are frequently encountered, and suggesting solutions. In attempting to produce both a manual and a reference work, it was impossible to avoid compromises. In the course of the presentation the density increases; this leads to redundancies, repetition, and apparently similar descriptions in different contexts. Unless related to grammatical difficulties, only those words which appear in the examples and exercises are listed in the glossary. References to texts and publications are listed in the bibliography, but the citation forms are not consistent, as a compromise has been attempted between easy access to recent publications and compatibility with earlier grammars and publications, including the Ermani Grapow Wörterbuch.