![]() Verbs of Greek origin appearing in Coptic are often accompanied by a native verb, which may at one point have facilitated their integration into the Egyptian language. The semantic change underwent by the two classifiers shares many features of a cross-linguistic phenomenon of pragmaticalization. In the restricted environment of foreign texts, the A2 and T14 classifiers function mostly metatextually, marking the linguistic environment of the text as foreign. At the center of the paper stands a scribal tradition in which classifiers are used in a unique and innovative function. ![]() This paper aims to explore the Egyptian classifier system as it appears in transliterated foreign texts from the New Kingdom and the Late Period. At the Outskirts of a System.Classifiers and Word Dividers in Foreign Phrases and Texts ![]()
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