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This book offers a thorough, authoritative account of the branches of Semitic. These include some of the world's oldest attested languages, among them Akkadian, Aramaic, Hebrew, Arabic, and Ethiopic, as well as various modern languages. Gideon Goldenberg describes their history, geographical distribution, writing systems, and genetic classi?cation. He examines their main features and distinctive characteristics, including their phonology, morphemes, derivational morphology, verbal systems, syntactic relationships, and their typological signi?cance. He also discusses the pioneering work and achievements of medieval Arabic and Hebrew scholars in theoretical and descriptive aspects of grammar, lexicography, and philology. Professor Goldenberg's balanced, undogmatic account presents the fruits of a lifetime of original it will be widely welcomed by scholars and advanced students of the Semitic languages and linguistic typology.
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Semitic Languages, Gideon Goldenberg
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- Released
- 2013
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- Title
- Semitic Languages
- Subtitle
- Features, Structures, Relations, Processes
- Language
- English
- Authors
- Gideon Goldenberg
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Released
- 2013
- Format
- Hardcover
- Pages
- 384
- ISBN10
- 0199644918
- ISBN13
- 9780199644919
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- This book offers a thorough, authoritative account of the branches of Semitic. These include some of the world's oldest attested languages, among them Akkadian, Aramaic, Hebrew, Arabic, and Ethiopic, as well as various modern languages. Gideon Goldenberg describes their history, geographical distribution, writing systems, and genetic classi?cation. He examines their main features and distinctive characteristics, including their phonology, morphemes, derivational morphology, verbal systems, syntactic relationships, and their typological signi?cance. He also discusses the pioneering work and achievements of medieval Arabic and Hebrew scholars in theoretical and descriptive aspects of grammar, lexicography, and philology. Professor Goldenberg's balanced, undogmatic account presents the fruits of a lifetime of original it will be widely welcomed by scholars and advanced students of the Semitic languages and linguistic typology.