Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. List of Tables ix
4. List of Exercises xi
5. Shukran xii
6. To the Reader 1
7. Part 1: Basics of Descriptive Linguistics 3
8. Part 2: A General Introduction to the Semitic Language Family 19
9. Part 3: An Outline of Comparative Linguistics 23
10. Part 4: Lexicostatistics: Some Alternatives 34
11. Part 5: Linguistic Reconstruction: Comparative and Internal 41
12. Part 6: Various Less-Common Techniques 56
13. Part 7: Onward and Beyond 61
14. Conclusion 67
15. Paradigms A: Phonology 68
16. Paradigms B: Morphology: Nouns and Pronouns 74
17. Paradigms C: Morphology: Verbs 94
18. Bibliography 119
19. Wordlist A: Cognates and Skewed Re˘exes 127
20. Wordlist B: Pair-Referenced Lexicostatistics and Subgrouping 130
21. Wordlist C: Norm-Referenced and Pair-Referenced Lexicostatistics 143
22. Wordlist D: Diglossia and Language Contact 153
23. Wordlist E: Isoglosses 161
24. Wordlist F: Berber and Semitic 222
25. Wordlist G: Proto-Semitic A 232
26. Wordlist H: Proto-Semitic B 233
27. Wordlist I: Proto-Semitic C 233
28. Appendix: Classical Semitic Scripts 251
29. Index 1: Languages of Glosses 261
30. Index 2: Glosses 263