Hoch James E. Middle Egyptian Grammar

Benben, 1997. — 329 p. — (SSEA Publications). — ISBN: 0-920168-12-4Книга для желающих изучать древнеегипетский язык среднего царства.The aims of this book are two-fold, to serve primarily as an introductory grammar for classroom and self-instruction and only secondarily as a reference grammar for students in their early stages with the Egyptian language. These goals are therefore similar to those of Sir A.H. Gardiner in his monumental Egyptian Grammar. Gardiner’s grammar was, of course, daunting to beginning students, and while his decision to cite only genuine texts rendered his work more accurate than even his own knowledge of the language, students had a great deal of difficulty in making out the examples, since they were replete with as yet unknown forms and constructions. Although an advanced scientific grammar of Middle Egyptian is a very desirable thing, the need for instructional materials at the elementary level is far more pressing, and this is at all times the Lain focus of this work. Most of the examples in the early lessons were of necessity “made-up Egyptian.” This will, it is hoped, be compensated by presenting the literary constructions at an early stage, in order to permit the reading of extended passages of original texts.