IRAN AND AFGHANISTAN

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter I
2. EDITOR'S INTRODUCTION VII
3. CONTENTS XIII
4. MASTER LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS XV
5. PART ONE. INDO-EUROPEAN LANGUAGES OF THE AREA
6. Indo-European Languages: An Overview 3
7. A. IRANIAN LANGUAGES
8. OLD IRANIAN 9
9. MIDDLE IRANIAN 26
10. PERSIAN AND TAJIK 64
11. OTHER IRANIAN LANGUAGES 97
12. B. ARMENIAN
13. DIACHRONIC ARMENIAN 139
14. SYNCHRONIC ARMENIAN 160
15. PART TWO. ALTAIC LANGUAGES
16. ALTAIC LANGUAGES. AN OVERVIEW 179
17. TURKISH 183
18. IRANO -ALTAISTICA: TURKISH AND MONGOLIAN LANGUAGES OF PERSIA AND AFGHANISTAN 217
19. PART THREE. AFROASIATIC LANGUAGES
20. Afroasiatic: An Overview 237
21. A. SEMITIC
22. The Semitic Languages: An Overview 257
23. COMPARATIVE SEMITICS 261
24. AKKADIAN 274
25. HEBREW 304
26. ARAMAIC 347
27. CLASSICAL ARABIC 413
28. SPOKEN ARABIC 439
29. ETHIOPIC AND SOUTH ARABIAN 467
30. B. OTHER LANGUAGES
31. EGYPTIAN 531
32. COPTIC 558
33. CUSHITIC 571
34. THE BERBER LANGUAGES 586
35. PART FOUR. REGIONAL LANGUAGE ISSUES AND STUDIES
36. REGIONAL LANGUAGE ISSUES AND STUDIES: AN OVERVIEW 665
37. IRAN AND AFGHANISTAN 669
38. LANGUAGE EDUCATION IN ARAB COUNTRIES AND THE ROLE OF THE ACADEMIES 690
39. LANGUAGE STUDY IN ISRAEL 721
40. LINGUISTICS AND LANGUAGE ISSUES IN TURKEY 746
41. BIOGRAPHICAL NOTES 759
42. INDEX OF LANGUAGE NAMES 767
43. INDEX OF NAMES 778