The Semitic Languages: An International Handbook

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The Semitic Languages

An International Handbook

Edited by: Stefan Weninger
In collaboration with: Geoffrey Khan , Michael P. Streck and Janet C. E. Watson

Language: English

Published/Copyright: 2012

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Volume 36 | Handbücher zur Sprach- und Kommunikationswissenschaft / Handbooks of Linguistics and Communication Science [HSK]

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The handbook The Semitic Languages offers a comprehensive reference tool for Semitic Linguistics in its broad sense. It is not restricted to comparative Grammar, although it covers also comparative aspects, including classification. By comprising a chapter on typology and sections with sociolinguistic focus and language contact, the conception of the book aims at a rather complete, unbiased description of the state of the art in Semitics. Articles on individual languages and dialects give basic facts as location, numbers of speakers, scripts, numbers of extant texts and their nature, attestation where appropriate, and salient features of the grammar and lexicon of the respective variety. The handbook is the most comprehensive treatment of the Semitic language family since many decades.

international handbook collecting leading scholars all over the world
includes an index and extensive reference sections
one of the most comprehensive reference works for Semitic Linguistics

Author / Editor information

Stefan Weninger, University of Marburg, Germany; Geoffrey Khan, University of Cambridge, UK; Michael P. Streck, University of Leipzig, Germany; Janet C. E. Watson, University of Salford, UK.

Reviews

"This thick book will most certainly be a go-to resource and vademecum for all students and scholars who have cause or interest to study these languages."
Adam C. McCollum in: Linguist List 24.33

“The handbook under review contains some excellent grammatical sketches of the Semitic languages. As such it is a very useful tool [...]”
Edward Lipinski in: The Polish Journal of Biblical Research, Vol. 11, p.78-109, 2012

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Frontmatter Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	i
Foreword Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	v
Contents Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	vii
1. Introduction Stefan Weninger, Geoffrey Khan, Michael P. Streck and Janet C. E. Watson Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	1
I. Semitic in an Afroasiatic Context
2. Semitic-Egyptian Relations Gábor Takács Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	7
3. Semitic-Berber Relations Vermondo Brugnatelli Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	18
4. Semitic-Chadic Relations H. Ekkehard Wolff Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	27
5. Semitic-Cushitic/Omotic Relations David L. Appleyard Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	38
II. Reconstructing Proto-Semitic and Models of Classification
6. Proto-Semitic Phonetics and Phonology Leonid Kogan Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	54
7. Reconstructive Morphology Stefan Weninger Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	151
8. Proto-Semitic Lexicon Leonid Kogan Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	179
9. Phyla and Waves: Models of Classification of the Semitic Languages John Huehnergard and Aaron D. Rubin Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	259
III. The Semitic Languages and Dialects I: Their Typology
10. Morphological Typology of Semitic Orin D. Gensler Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	279
11. Syntactic Typology of Semitic Michael Waltisberg Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	303
IV. The Semitic Languages and Dialects II: East Semitic
12. Akkadian in General Bert Kouwenberg Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	330
13. Eblaite and Old Akkadian Michael P. Streck Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	340
14. Babylonian and Assyrian Michael P. Streck Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	359
15. Akkadian and Sumerian Language Contact Gábor Zólyomi Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	396
16. Akkadian as a Diplomatic Language Wilfred H. van Soldt Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	405
17. Akkadian and Aramaic Language Contact Michael P. Streck Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	416
V. The Semitic Languages and Dialects III: North-West Semitic
18. Northwest Semitic in General Holger Gzella Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	425
19. Amorite Michel P. Streck Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	452
20. Ugaritic Dennis Pardee Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	460
21. Phoenician and Punic Wolfgang Röllig Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	472
22. Biblical Hebrew Lutz Edzard Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	480
23. Mishnaic Hebrew Moshe Bar-Asher Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	515
24. Modern Hebrew Ora (Rodrigue) Schwarzwald Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	523
25. Hebrew as the Language of Judaism Angel Sáenz-Badillos Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	537
26. The Re-Emergence of Hebrew as a National Language Yael Reshef Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	546
27. Old Aramaic Frederick Mario Fales Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	555
28. Imperial Aramaic Holger Gzella Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	574
29. Imperial Aramaic as an Administrative Language of the Achaemenid Period Margaretha Folmer Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	587
30. Late Imperial Aramaic Holger Gzella Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	598
31. Jewish Palestinian Aramaic Michael Sokoloff Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	610
32. Samaritan Aramaic Abraham Tal Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	619
33. Christian Palestinian Aramaic Matthew Morgenstern Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	628
34. Syriac John F. Healey Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	637
35. Syriac as the Language of Eastern Christianity Françoise Briquel Chatonnet Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	652
36. Jewish Babylonian Aramaic Michael Sokoloff Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	660
37. Mandaic Bogdan Burtea Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	670
38. Western Neo-Aramaic Werner Arnold Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	685
39. Ṭuroyo and Mlaḥsô Otto Jastrow Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	697
40. North-Eastern Neo-Aramaic Geoffrey Khan Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	708
41. Neo-Mandaic Charles G. Häberl Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	725
42. Language Contact between Aramaic Dialects and Iranian Olga Kapeliuk Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	738
43. Aramaic-Arabic Language Contact Stefan Weninger Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	747
VI. The Semitic Languages and Dialects IV: Languages of the Arabian Peninsula
44. Ancient North Arabian Hani Hayajneh Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	756
45. Classical Arabic Jan Retsö, Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	782
46. Arabic as the Language of Islam Muhammad A. S. Abdel Haleem Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	811
47. Middle Arabic Geoffrey Khan Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	817
48. Creating a Modern Standard Language from Medieval Tradition: The Nahḍa and the Arabic Academies Dagmar Glaß Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	835
49. Modern Standard Arabic Karin C. Ryding Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	844
50. Arabic Dialects (general article) Janet C.E. Watson Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	851
51. Dialects of the Arabian Peninsula Janet C. E. Watson Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	897
52. Arabic Dialects of Mesopotamia Shabo Talay Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	909
53. Dialects of the Levant Samia Naïm Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	920
54. Dialects of Egypt and Sudan James Dickins Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	935
55. Arabic in the North African Region Christophe Pereira Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	954
56. Arabic Sociolinguistics Jonathan Owens Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	970
57. Arabic Urban Vernaculars Catherine Miller Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	982
58. Arabic-based Pidgins and Creoles Xavier Luffin Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	990
59. Berber and Arabic Language Contact Mohand Tilmatine Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	1001
60. Arabic-Persian Language Contact Dénes Gazsi Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	1015
61. Language Contact between Arabic and Modern European Languages Lutz Edzard Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	1022
62. Maltese as a National Language Albert Borg Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	1033
63. Ancient South Arabian Peter Stein Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	1042
64. Modern South Arabian Marie-Claude Simeone-Senelle Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	1073
VII. The Semitic Languages and Dialects V: Ethio-Semitic Languages
65. Ethio-Semitic in General Stefan Weninger Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	1114
66. Old Ethiopic Stefan Weninger Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	1124
67. Tigre Didier Morin Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	1142
68. Tigrinya Rainer Voigt Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	1153
69. Tigrinya as National Language of Eritrea and Tigray Rainer Voigt Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	1170
70. Amharic Ronny Meyer Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	1178
71. The Role of Amharic as a National Language and an African lingua franca Ronny Meyer Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	1212
72. Gurage Ronny Meyer Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	1220
73. Harari Ewald Wagner Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	1257
74. Ethiosemitic-Cushitic Language Contact Joachim Crass and Ronny Meyer Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	1266
Terminological index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	1277

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December 23, 2011

eBook ISBN:

9783110251586

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December 27, 2011

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9783110186130

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1287

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eBook ISBN: 9783110251586

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Keywords for this book

Semitic Languages; Ancient Near East; Judaism

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Libraries and Academic Institutes, Researchers who are interested in Linguistics and Semitics in General, but also Arabic Languages, Africanistic Studies, Egyptology, but also scholars who are interested in Ancient Near Eastern Studies, Studies of the Old Testament, Jewish Culture and History and Judaism in General

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