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A Comparative Lexical Study of Quranic Arabic (Handbook of Oriental Studies Handbuch der Orientalistik)

By Martin R. Zammit

Book information

Publisher
Brill Academic Publishers
Year
2002
ISBN
9004118012, 9789004118010
LCC
PJ6611 .Z36 2002
Open Library ID
OL3943974M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
18 MB (18564244 bytes)
Series
Handbook of Oriental Studies - Handbuch der Orientalistik 61
Pages
672\672
Scanned
yes
Time added
2011-08-31 04:54:40

Description

This work does not aim to be an etymological dictionary of Qur'anic Arabic, nor does it attempt to suggest some new genetic classification of the Semitic languages. Rather, it offers insights into the internal lexical relationships attested in a number of Semitic varieties within Qur'anic Arabic (seventh century AD). The work is based on a quantitative analysis of a substantial corpus of the Arabic lexicon with a view to investigating lexical relationships within a number of Semitic languages. Qur'anic Arabic is the source of a lexical mass comparison exercise involving Akkadian, Ugaritic, Aramaic, Syriac, Hebrew, Phoenician, Epigraphic South Arabian and Ge'ez. Moreover, the lexical links identified in this study are in themselves linguistic indicators of the various degrees of cultural proximity characterising the various Semitic languages.

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