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Comparative Semitic Linguistics: A Manual

By Patrick R. Bennett

Book information

Publisher
Eisenbrauns
Year
1998
ISBN
1575060213, 9781575060217
Google Books ID
LfruK29pVl8C
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
4 MB (3912654 bytes)
Pages
xii+270\284
Orientation
yes
Paginated
yes
Scanned
portrait
Time added
2014-06-19 08:42:38
Языки и языкознание;Лингвистика;Афразийское языкоз

Description

As the title indicates, this unique resource is a manual on comparative linguistics, with the examples taken exclusively from Semitic languages. It is an innovative volume that recalls the earlier tradition of textbooks of comparative philology, which, however, exclusively treated Indo-European languages. It is suited for students with at least a year of a Semitic language. By far the largest component of the book are the nine wordlists that provide the data to be manipulated by the student. Says reviewer Peter Daniels, the wordlists "constitute a unique resource for all of comparative linguistics--a considerable quantity of uniform data from a host of related languages. They would be useful for any class in comparative linguistics, not just for those interested specifically in Semitic." Scattered throughout the text are 25 exercises based on the wordlists that provide a good introduction to the methods of comparativists. Also included are paradigms of the phonological systems of ten Semitic languages as well as Coptic and a form of Berber. A bibliography that guides the student into further reading in Semitic linguistics completes the volume.

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