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--></style></head><body lang="EN-US" link="blue" vlink="purple"><div class="WordSection1"><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1f497d">From the specific meanings listed by Sergey a common thread connecting them comes to mind: ‘to bring to a conclusion, to complete’.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1f497d"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1f497d">Les Bruce</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1f497d"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> Lingtyp [mailto:<a href="mailto:lingtyp-bounces@listserv.linguistlist.org">lingtyp-bounces@listserv.linguistlist.org</a>] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Jess Tauber<br><b>Sent:</b> Thursday, November 5, 2020 7:00 AM<br><b>To:</b> Sergey Loesov <<a href="mailto:sergeloesov@gmail.com">sergeloesov@gmail.com</a>><br><b>Cc:</b> list, typology <<a href="mailto:lingtyp@listserv.linguistlist.org">lingtyp@listserv.linguistlist.org</a>><br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [Lingtyp] semantic derivation of an Akkadian verb</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><div><p class="MsoNormal">From my own limited and naive perspective (I see meaning ranges like this in other languages, though not so broadly), 'imposition of order upon' might be the primary or underlying meaning of the verb.</p><div><p class="MsoNormal"> </p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal">Jess Tauber</p></div></div><div id="DAB4FAD8-2DD7-40BB-A1B8-4E2AA1F9FDF2"><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><table class="MsoNormalTable" border="1" cellspacing="3" cellpadding="0" style="border:none;border-top:solid #d3d4de 1.0pt"><tr><td width="83" style="width:41.25pt;border:none;padding:9.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt"><p class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://www.avg.com/email-signature?utm_medium=email&utm_source=link&utm_campaign=sig-email&utm_content=webmail" target="_blank"><span style="text-decoration:none"><img border="0" width="46" height="29" id="_x0000_i1025" src="https://ipmcdn.avast.com/images/icons/icon-envelope-tick-green-avg-v1.png"></span></a></p></td><td width="705" style="width:352.5pt;border:none;padding:9.0pt .75pt .75pt .75pt"><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.5pt"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#41424e">Virus-free. <a href="http://www.avg.com/email-signature?utm_medium=email&utm_source=link&utm_campaign=sig-email&utm_content=webmail" target="_blank"><span style="color:#4453ea">www.avg.com</span></a> </span></p></td></tr></table></div><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><div><div><p class="MsoNormal">On Thu, Nov 5, 2020 at 7:36 AM Sergey Loesov <<a href="mailto:sergeloesov@gmail.com">sergeloesov@gmail.com</a>> wrote:</p></div><blockquote style="border:none;border-left:solid #cccccc 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 6.0pt;margin-left:4.8pt;margin-right:0in"><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"SemiramisUnicode",serif">Dear colleagues,</span><span style="font-family:"SemiramisUnicode",serif"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"SemiramisUnicode",serif"> </span><span style="font-family:"SemiramisUnicode",serif"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"SemiramisUnicode",serif">I am trying to understand the semantic derivation of a common Akkadian verb, <i>sanāqu</i>. It means, in particular ‘to arrive, approach’ (the only intransitive meaning), ‘to bother, pester, interrogate, put pressure’, ‘to mobilize, levy’, ‘to weigh’, ‘to check, audit’, ‘to settle (a legal case)’, ‘to take (oath)’, ‘to keep, guard’, ‘to close, shut (doors)’. What could be a “primary” meaning of such a verb, and the path of semantic derivation? How does it look like from viewpoint of lexical typology?</span><span style="font-family:"SemiramisUnicode",serif"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"SemiramisUnicode",serif"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"SemiramisUnicode",serif">Best wishes,</span><span style="font-family:"SemiramisUnicode",serif"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"SemiramisUnicode",serif"> </span><span style="font-family:"SemiramisUnicode",serif"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"SemiramisUnicode",serif">Sergey</span><span style="font-family:"SemiramisUnicode",serif"></span></p></div><p class="MsoNormal">_______________________________________________<br>Lingtyp mailing list<br><a href="mailto:Lingtyp@listserv.linguistlist.org" target="_blank">Lingtyp@listserv.linguistlist.org</a><br><a href="http://listserv.linguistlist.org/mailman/listinfo/lingtyp" target="_blank">http://listserv.linguistlist.org/mailman/listinfo/lingtyp</a></p></blockquote></div></div></body></html>