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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.

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Author:   John Huehnergard ,  Na’ama Pat-El ,  Na'ama Pat-El (The University of Texas at Austin USA)
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Edition:   2nd edition
Weight:   1.260kg
ISBN:  

9780415731959

ISBN 10:   041573195
Pages:   754
Publication Date:   26 March 2019
Audience:   College/higher education ,  General/trade ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  General
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

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. Gǝʕǝz (Classical Ethiopic): Aaron Michael Butts 7. Tigre of Gindaʕ: 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. Häberl 27. Northeastern Neo-Aramaic: the Dialect of Alqosh: Eleanor Coghill

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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.

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