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Title: The Meaning of the Coptic Particle ρω and Related Constructions in Semitic and Other Languages
Author(s): DEPUYDT, Leo
Journal: Journal of Coptic Studies
Volume: 3    Date: 2001   
Pages: 113-128
DOI: 10.2143/JCS.3.0.503611

Abstract :
The author examines an important distiction between two types of contrast in Coptic and its parallels in other languages. These two types of contrast are contrast affecting individual words or strings of words on the one hand, and contrast affecting entire sentences or clauses on the other. It is proposed that the Coptic ρω contrasts a thought, as expressed by a sentence or clause, with its negation. Examples illustrate this theory.

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