Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Linguistic Studies in Ancient West Semitic ii
3. Contents vi
4. 0. Introduction 1
5. Part One Patterns and Processes
6. 1. System of Verb Stems 11
7. 2. System of Verb Affixes 20
8. 3. Geminate Formation (gmf) 44
9. 4. Stress and Processes of Syllabic Mutation 62
10. 5. Spirantization (spr) and Reocclusion (reo) 82
11. 6. Hollow-Geminate Rapprochement (hgr) and Hollow-Geminate Neutralization (hgn) 92
12. 7. Suffixal n(n) 122
13. 8. Condensation (cnd) of Vowel-Glide-Vowel Sequences (V Γ V) 143
14. 9. Gutturals 156
15. 10. Reflexive Mediopassive (rmp) T 190
16. 11. Coalescent Processes 197
17. 12. Attenuation 211
18. 13. Vowel Copy 224
19. 14. Promotion (prm) and y-Monophthongization (ymn) 230
20. 15. Transparentation 244
21. 16. Syncretism (syn) 281
22. 17. Other Processes 311
23. Part Two Genealogy and Dialectology
24. 18. Family Tree Theory, Wave Theory, and Reconstruction 435
25. 19. Aramaic Dialect Relations 453
26. Part Three Appendixes and Supplemental Matters
27. 20. Phonetic Systems 483
28. 21. Orthography 497
29. 22. Traditions of Pronunciation 521
30. 23. The Generative-Phonological Perspective 533
31. Part Four Indexes
32. 24. Aramaic Verb Forms 553
33. 25. Technical Terms 641
34. 26. Abbreviations and Symbols 662
35. 27. Bibliographical References 669