By Robert Hetzron
ISBN-10: 0415057671
ISBN-13: 9780415057677
ISBN-10: 0415412668
ISBN-13: 9780415412667
The Semitic kin occupies a place of significant ancient and linguistic value: the spoken and written languages of the Phoenicians, Hebrews and Arabs unfold all through Asia and northern and primary Africa; the previous Semitic civilizations in flip contributed considerably to eu tradition; and glossy Hebrew, smooth literary Arabic, Amharic, and Tigrinya became their international locations' respectable languages.
The ebook is split into 3 elements and every bankruptcy offers a self-contained article, written by way of a famous specialist within the field.
* I. common concerns: delivering an advent to the grammatical traditions, subgrouping and writing structures of this language family.
* II. outdated Semitic Languages
* III. smooth Semitic Languages
Parts II and III include established chapters, which allow the reader to entry and examine details simply. those person descriptions of every language or cluster comprise phonology, morphology, syntax, lexis and dialects.
Suggestions are made for the main priceless resources of extra analyzing and the paintings is comprehensively indexed.
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