Ambjörn Sjörs is a member of the Faculty of Asian and Middle Eastern Studies at the University of Cambridge and the author of Historical Aspects of Standard Negation in Semitic.

• PrefaceList of AbbreviationsSymbols and TranscriptionsPart 1: IntroductionChapter 1. Preliminaries1.1 Introduction1.2 Scope and Material1.3 Aim and ObjectivesChapter 2. Theoretical Prerequisites2.1 The Ventive and the Allative2.2 The Ventive and the Benefactive2.3 The Reflexive-Benefactive and the MiddlePart 2: Analysis of the MaterialChapter 3. The Middle Ventive in Sargonic Akkadian and Literary Old Babylonian 3.1 Introduction3.2 The Middle Ventive3.3 Historical Background of the Ventive3.4 SummaryChapter 4. The Ventive-Energic in Amarna Canaanite4.1 Introduction4.2 The Ventive in -a4.3 The Ventive in -n(n)a (the Energic)4.4 SummaryChapter 5. The Ventive-Energic in Ugaritic5.1 Introduction5.2. Morphological Aspects of the Ventive in Ugaritic5.3. The Deictic Ventiv5.4. The Middle Ventive 5.5. The Ventive in -a5.6. The Compound Pronominal Suffix -n /-Vnnū\ā/5.7. Plural Verb Forms 5.8. Summary Chapter 6. The Ventive-Energic in Biblical Hebrew6.1. Introduction 6.2. The Ventive and the Lengthened Imperfect Consecutive 6.3. The Ventive with Pronominal Suffixes 6.4. The Ventive Allomorph -nå̄ 6.5. The Ventive of 2nd and 3rd Person Verb Forms 6.6. Equivocal Examples 6.7. Summary Chapter 7. The Ventive in Prestandardized Classical Arabic I: The Energic7.1. Introduction 7.2. The Relationship Between the Long and Short Energic 7.3. Functions of the Energic 7.4. Historical Background of the Energic 7.5. SummaryChapter 8. The Ventive in Prestandardized Classical Arabic II: The Subjunctive8.1. Introduction 8.2. The Subjunctive after fa-, ʔaw, and ḥattā 8.3. The Subjunctive after ʔan 8.4. The Subjunctive after lan 8.5. The Subjunctive after li- and kay 8.6. Historical Background of the Subjunctive 8.7. SummaryPart 3: Summary and ConclusionsChapter 9. Morphological Aspects of the Ventive Morpheme9.1 The Morpheme *-an in Central Semitic 9.2. The Morpheme *-nVn in Central Semitic 9.3. The Ventive in Proto-SemiticChapter 10. Functional Aspects of the Ventive Morpheme10.1. The Allative and Dative Ventive 10.2. The Benefactive Ventive 10.3. The Middle VentiveBibliographyAncient Source Index

“Sjörs convincingly shows that we are dealing with a single morpheme (albeit with two allomorphs). That makes this book a must-read for all interested in comparative Semitic morphology, as well as a more than useful reference work for those studying the individual languages analyzed.”—Jorik Groen Bibliotheca Orientalis