14. Babylonian and Assyrian

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Foreword v
3. Contents vii
4. 1. Introduction 1
5. I. Semitic in an Afroasiatic Context
6. 2. Semitic-Egyptian Relations 7
7. 3. Semitic-Berber Relations 18
8. 4. Semitic-Chadic Relations 27
9. 5. Semitic-Cushitic/Omotic Relations 38
10. II. Reconstructing Proto-Semitic and Models of Classification
11. 6. Proto-Semitic Phonetics and Phonology 54
12. 7. Reconstructive Morphology 151
13. 8. Proto-Semitic Lexicon 179
14. 9. Phyla and Waves: Models of Classification of the Semitic Languages 259
15. III. The Semitic Languages and Dialects I: Their Typology
16. 10. Morphological Typology of Semitic 279
17. 11. Syntactic Typology of Semitic 303
18. IV. The Semitic Languages and Dialects II: East Semitic
19. 12. Akkadian in General 330
20. 13. Eblaite and Old Akkadian 340
21. 14. Babylonian and Assyrian 359
22. 15. Akkadian and Sumerian Language Contact 396
23. 16. Akkadian as a Diplomatic Language 405
24. 17. Akkadian and Aramaic Language Contact 416
25. V. The Semitic Languages and Dialects III: North-West Semitic
26. 18. Northwest Semitic in General 425
27. 19. Amorite 452
28. 20. Ugaritic 460
29. 21. Phoenician and Punic 472
30. 22. Biblical Hebrew 480
31. 23. Mishnaic Hebrew 515
32. 24. Modern Hebrew 523
33. 25. Hebrew as the Language of Judaism 537
34. 26. The Re-Emergence of Hebrew as a National Language 546
35. 27. Old Aramaic 555
36. 28. Imperial Aramaic 574
37. 29. Imperial Aramaic as an Administrative Language of the Achaemenid Period 587
38. 30. Late Imperial Aramaic 598
39. 31. Jewish Palestinian Aramaic 610
40. 32. Samaritan Aramaic 619
41. 33. Christian Palestinian Aramaic 628
42. 34. Syriac 637
43. 35. Syriac as the Language of Eastern Christianity 652
44. 36. Jewish Babylonian Aramaic 660
45. 37. Mandaic 670
46. 38. Western Neo-Aramaic 685
47. 39. Ṭuroyo and Mlaḥsô 697
48. 40. North-Eastern Neo-Aramaic 708
49. 41. Neo-Mandaic 725
50. 42. Language Contact between Aramaic Dialects and Iranian 738
51. 43. Aramaic-Arabic Language Contact 747
52. VI. The Semitic Languages and Dialects IV: Languages of the Arabian Peninsula
53. 44. Ancient North Arabian 756
54. 45. Classical Arabic 782
55. 46. Arabic as the Language of Islam 811
56. 47. Middle Arabic 817
57. 48. Creating a Modern Standard Language from Medieval Tradition: The Nahḍa and the Arabic Academies 835
58. 49. Modern Standard Arabic 844
59. 50. Arabic Dialects (general article) 851
60. 51. Dialects of the Arabian Peninsula 897
61. 52. Arabic Dialects of Mesopotamia 909
62. 53. Dialects of the Levant 920
63. 54. Dialects of Egypt and Sudan 935
64. 55. Arabic in the North African Region 954
65. 56. Arabic Sociolinguistics 970
66. 57. Arabic Urban Vernaculars 982
67. 58. Arabic-based Pidgins and Creoles 990
68. 59. Berber and Arabic Language Contact 1001
69. 60. Arabic-Persian Language Contact 1015
70. 61. Language Contact between Arabic and Modern European Languages 1022
71. 62. Maltese as a National Language 1033
72. 63. Ancient South Arabian 1042
73. 64. Modern South Arabian 1073
74. VII. The Semitic Languages and Dialects V: Ethio-Semitic Languages
75. 65. Ethio-Semitic in General 1114
76. 66. Old Ethiopic 1124
77. 67. Tigre 1142
78. 68. Tigrinya 1153
79. 69. Tigrinya as National Language of Eritrea and Tigray 1170
80. 70. Amharic 1178
81. 71. The Role of Amharic as a National Language and an African lingua franca 1212
82. 72. Gurage 1220
83. 73. Harari 1257
84. 74. Ethiosemitic-Cushitic Language Contact 1266
85. Terminological index 1277