The Oral Art of Soqoṭra - A Collection of Island Voices

In this volume, Miranda Morris and Ṭānuf Sālim Di-Kisin present material from the rich poetic tradition of this remote island, in Arabic and English, as well as in the unique Soqoṭri language.

About the author

Miranda J. Morris, Ph.D. (1979), S.O.A.S., University of London, is an independent researcher who has published books and articles on the languages, ethnobotany and ethnography of the people of southern Arabia, most recently A Comparative Cultural Glossary across the Modern South Arabian Languages (JSS, Supplement 43, OUP, 2019).

Product details

• Authors: Miranda J Morris, Miranda J. Morris
• Publisher: Brill
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 17.06.2021
• EAN: 9789004446724
• ISBN: 978-90-04-44672-4
• No. of pages: 2484
• Weight: 4937 g
• Series: Handbook of Oriental Studies.
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative linguistics