Comparative Grammar of the Semitic Languages

List of contents

I The Semitic Languages II The Consonant Sounds III Temporary Modification of Consonants IV The Vowels V Temporary Modifications of Vowel Sounds VI Temporary Syllabic Changes VII The Personal Pronoun VIII Demonstrative Pronouns IX Relative and Interrogative Pronouns X The Noun XI The Verb XII The Particles

About the author

De Lacy O'Leary Lecturer in Aramaic, etc., Bristol University' author of Arabic Thought and Us Place in History, A History of the Fatimid Khalifate, etc.

Summary

This is Volume VI of six in a series on the Ancient Near East. Originally published in 1923, this study compares the language of the semitic group of languages. The semitic languages are a group of closely allied members spread over a clearly defined and limited area. The consist of five branches- Arabic, Abyssinian, Hebrew, Aramaic and Assyrian.

Product details

• Authors: O Leary, De Lacy O'Leary, De Lacy O''leary
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 28.07.2016
• EAN: 9781138971264
• ISBN: 978-1-138-97126-4
• No. of pages: 300
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative linguistics; LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Grammar & Punctuation, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / Syntax, Grammar, syntax & morphology, Grammar, syntax and morphology, Semitic Languages