Overview
This is the introductory volume to a dictionary on the etymological relations between ancient Egyptian and other Afro-asian languages. The amount of material offered, the treatment of scholarly discussions on each item, and the insights into the connections of Egyptian with its related Afro-Asiatic languages, including many new lexical parallels, should make it a useful tool for comparative and interpretive purposes. Volume 1 aims to not only provide users with an analysis of the Afro-Asiatic background of the Egyptian consonant system, but to offer a critical appraisal of linguistic theories on Egyptian historical phonology, and the problems surrounding the origins of the Egyptian language. An extensive bibliography to the dictionary is included.
Full Product Details
Author: Gábor Takács
Publisher: Brill
Imprint: Brill
Volume: 48/1
Dimensions:
Width: 16.00cm
, Height: 3.70cm
, Length: 24.00cm
Weight: 1.017kg
ISBN: 9789004115385
ISBN 10: 9004115382
Pages: 476
Publication Date: 29 October 1999
Audience:
College/higher education
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Professional and scholarly
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Undergraduate
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Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Out of Print
Availability: Out of stock
Reviews
' This is an important book with relevance to Afroasiatic linguistics as a whole. It is executed with exemplary scholarship and rigour, sometimes even with tempered passion The reader mus [ ]await eagerly the appearance of the remaining volumes of the Dictionary proper. ' David L. Appleyard, Bulletin School of Oriental & African Studies , 2001. ' The dictionary will probably please all those who are oriented to historical linguistics. ' Edgar Jarunek, Asian and African Studies , 2001.
'This is an important book with relevance to Afroasiatic linguistics as a whole. It is executed with exemplary scholarship and rigour, sometimes even with tempered passion...The reader mus [...]await eagerly the appearance of the remaining volumes of the Dictionary proper.' David L. Appleyard, Bulletin School of Oriental & African Studies, 2001. 'The dictionary will probably please all those who are oriented to historical linguistics.' Edgar Jarunek, Asian and African Studies, 2001.
' This is an important book with relevance to Afroasiatic linguistics as a whole. It is executed with exemplary scholarship and rigour, sometimes even with tempered passionThe reader mus []await eagerly the appearance of the remaining volumes of the Dictionary proper.'<br>David L. Appleyard, Bulletin School of Oriental & African Studies, 2001.<br>' The dictionary will probably please all those who are oriented to historical linguistics.'<br>Edgar Jarznek, Asian and African Studies, 2001.<br>
Author Information
Gábor Takács, Ph.D. (1998) in Egyptology, Eötvös Loránd University, Hungary, is Humboldt research fellow at Frankfurt University. He has published actively on Egyptian and Afro-Asiatic comparative phonology and lexicology.
