Ancient Egyptian Phonology

Informationen zum Autor James P. Allen is the Charles Edwin Wilbour Professor of Egyptology at Brown University, Rhode Island. A scholar of ancient Egyptian language and thought, he is the author of Middle Egyptian: An Introduction to the Language and Culture of Hieroglyphs (Cambridge, 3rd edition, 2014) and The Ancient Egyptian Language: An Historical Study (Cambridge, 2013). Since 2010 he has been one of the leading scholars in a complete re-evaluation of the grammar as well as the phonology of the language. Klappentext Complements the author's widely-used Middle Egyptian: An Introduction to the Language and Culture of Hieroglyphs, 3rd edition (Cambridge, 2014). Uses an approachable treatment for linguists and scholars/students of ancient Near Eastern languages as well as Egyptologists. Inhaltsverzeichnis Part I. Phonemes and Sounds: 1. Coptic; 2. Demotic; 3. Late Egyptian; 4. Middle Egyptian; 5. Old Egyptian; 6. Phonemes and sounds; 7. Phonoactics; 8. Prosody; 9. Dialects; Part II. Phonological Analysis: 10. Verb roots and stems; 11. Verb forms; 12. y in the pyramid texts; 13. Vocalizing Egyptian.

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• Authors: James Allen, James (Brown University Allen, James P. Allen, James P. (Brown University Allen, Allen James P.
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.09.2019
• EAN: 9781108707305
• ISBN: 978-1-108-70730-5
• No. of pages: 244
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative linguistics; Social sciences, law, business > Social sciences (general); SOCIAL SCIENCE / Archaeology, Phonetics, phonology, Archaeology by period / region, Ancient Egypt, Egyptian Archaeology / Egyptology