The Semitic Languages
The Semitic Languages 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…
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The Semitic Languages
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 typologyan additional chapter on the place of Semitic as a subgroup of Afro-Asiatic, and several chapters on modern forms of Arabic, Aramaic and Ethiopian Semitictext samples of each individual language, transcribed into the International Phonetic Alphabet, with standard linguistic word-by-word glossing as well as translationnew maps and tables present information visually for easy reference.This