The Semitic Languages
2nd Edition
Published on 26. March 2019
Book
Hardback
754 pages
978-0-415-73195-9 (ISBN)
Description
The Semitic Languages presents a comprehensive survey of the individual languages and language clusters within this language family, from their origins in antiquity to their present-day forms.
This second edition has been fully revised, with new chapters and a wealth of additional material. New features include the following:
* new introductory chapters on Proto-Semitic grammar and Semitic linguistic typology
* an additional chapter on the place of Semitic as a subgroup of Afro-Asiatic, and several chapters on modern forms of Arabic, Aramaic and Ethiopian Semitic
* text samples of each individual language, transcribed into the International Phonetic Alphabet, with standard linguistic word-by-word glossing as well as translation
* new maps and tables present information visually for easy reference.
This unique resource is the ideal reference for advanced undergraduate and postgraduate students of linguistics and language. It will be of interest to researchers and anyone with an interest in historical linguistics, linguistic typology, linguistic anthropology and language development.
This second edition has been fully revised, with new chapters and a wealth of additional material. New features include the following:
* new introductory chapters on Proto-Semitic grammar and Semitic linguistic typology
* an additional chapter on the place of Semitic as a subgroup of Afro-Asiatic, and several chapters on modern forms of Arabic, Aramaic and Ethiopian Semitic
* text samples of each individual language, transcribed into the International Phonetic Alphabet, with standard linguistic word-by-word glossing as well as translation
* new maps and tables present information visually for easy reference.
This unique resource is the ideal reference for advanced undergraduate and postgraduate students of linguistics and language. It will be of interest to researchers and anyone with an interest in historical linguistics, linguistic typology, linguistic anthropology and language development.
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Series
Edition
2nd edition
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Academic and Postgraduate
Illustrations
11 s/w Photographien bzw. Rasterbilder, 4 s/w Zeichnungen, 270 s/w Tabellen
270 Tables, black and white; 4 Line drawings, black and white; 11 Halftones, black and white
Dimensions
Height: 240 mm
Width: 161 mm
Thickness: 46 mm
Weight
1312 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-415-73195-9 (9780415731959)
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Persons
John Huehnergard is Professor Emeritus in the Department of Middle Eastern Studies at the University of Texas at Austin, and former Professor of Semitic Philology at Harvard University.
Na'ama Pat-El is Associate Professor of Comparative Semitic Linguistics in the Department of Middle Eastern Studies at the University of Texas at Austin.
Na'ama Pat-El is Associate Professor of Comparative Semitic Linguistics in the Department of Middle Eastern Studies at the University of Texas at Austin.
Content
Introductory Chapters
1. Introduction to the Semitic Languages: John Huehnergard & Na'ama Pat-El
2. Semitic and Afro-Asiatic: Gene Gragg
3. Proto-Semitic: John Huehnergard
4. The Semitic Language Family: A Typological Perspective: Na'ama Pat-El
Language Chapters
5. Akkadian: Rebecca Hasselbach-Andee
6. G???z (Classical Ethiopic): Aaron Michael Butts
7. Tigre of Ginda?: David L. Elias
8. Tigrinya: Maria Bulakh
9. Amharic: Lutz Edzard
10. Gurage (Muher): Ronny Meyer
11. Mehri: Aaron D. Rubin
12. Soqotri: Leonid Kogan and Maria Bulakh
13. Ancient South Arabian: Anne Multhoff
14. Safaitic: Ahmad Al-Jallad
15. Classical Arabic: Daniel Birnstiel
16. Levantine Arabic: Kristen Brustad and Emilie Zuniga
17. Egyptian Arabic: Thomas Leddy-Cecere and Jason Schroepfer
18. Moroccan Arabic: Mike Turner
19. Ugaritic: Josef Tropper and Juan-Pablo Vita
20. The Canaanite Languages: Aren M. Wilson-Wright
21. Pre-modern Hebrew: Biblical Hebrew: Aaron D. Hornkohl
22. Modern Hebrew: Philip Zhakevich and Benjamin Kantor
23. Samaritan Aramaic: Christian Stadel
24. Modern Western Aramaic: Steven E. Fassberg
25. Syriac: Na'ama Pat-El
26. Mandaic: C. G. Haeberl
27. Northeastern Neo-Aramaic: the Dialect of Alqosh: Eleanor Coghill
1. Introduction to the Semitic Languages: John Huehnergard & Na'ama Pat-El
2. Semitic and Afro-Asiatic: Gene Gragg
3. Proto-Semitic: John Huehnergard
4. The Semitic Language Family: A Typological Perspective: Na'ama Pat-El
Language Chapters
5. Akkadian: Rebecca Hasselbach-Andee
6. G???z (Classical Ethiopic): Aaron Michael Butts
7. Tigre of Ginda?: David L. Elias
8. Tigrinya: Maria Bulakh
9. Amharic: Lutz Edzard
10. Gurage (Muher): Ronny Meyer
11. Mehri: Aaron D. Rubin
12. Soqotri: Leonid Kogan and Maria Bulakh
13. Ancient South Arabian: Anne Multhoff
14. Safaitic: Ahmad Al-Jallad
15. Classical Arabic: Daniel Birnstiel
16. Levantine Arabic: Kristen Brustad and Emilie Zuniga
17. Egyptian Arabic: Thomas Leddy-Cecere and Jason Schroepfer
18. Moroccan Arabic: Mike Turner
19. Ugaritic: Josef Tropper and Juan-Pablo Vita
20. The Canaanite Languages: Aren M. Wilson-Wright
21. Pre-modern Hebrew: Biblical Hebrew: Aaron D. Hornkohl
22. Modern Hebrew: Philip Zhakevich and Benjamin Kantor
23. Samaritan Aramaic: Christian Stadel
24. Modern Western Aramaic: Steven E. Fassberg
25. Syriac: Na'ama Pat-El
26. Mandaic: C. G. Haeberl
27. Northeastern Neo-Aramaic: the Dialect of Alqosh: Eleanor Coghill