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The Morphophonological Development of the Classical Aramaic Verb
Contributor(s): Malone, Joseph L. (Author)
ISBN: 157506975X     ISBN-13: 9781575069753
Publisher: Eisenbrauns
OUR PRICE:   $123.70  
Product Type: Hardcover
Published: September 2019
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BISAC Categories:
- Language Arts & Disciplines | Linguistics - Morphology
- Language Arts & Disciplines | Linguistics - Historical & Comparative
- Foreign Language Study | Arabic
Dewey: 492.2
LCCN: 2019021298
Series: Linguistic Studies in Ancient West Semitic
Physical Information: 1.69" H x 6" W x 9" (2.59 lbs) 688 pages
 
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This book offers a diachronic and synchronic account of the verb morphology and phonology of Aramaic from its initial appearance early in the first millennium B.C.E. until the second millennium C.E.

Aramaic, a subfamily of Semitic, is closely related to Hebrew and the other Canaanite languages; together, the two subfamilies of Aramaic and Canaanite constitute the northwest branch of the Semitic phylum. In this study, Joseph L. Malone focuses on thirteen dialects of Aramaic, chosen from a candidate list of approximately twice that number. The specific varieties of Aramaic examined here are chosen to provide an optimal chronological and geographical range. In a similar vein, the finite verb serves as the subject of this study, based on the assumption that a thorough treatment of the verb will asymptomatically involve most of the patterns and processes that hold for the grammar as a whole. The tools of this study are drawn from standard generative linguistics, though care is taken to explicate these in more traditional terms where it is deemed necessary.

This book is essential reading for linguists who study the Semitic language families, and in particular those interested in Northwest Semitic languages.


Contributor Bio(s): Malone, Joseph L.: - Joseph L. Malone is Professor Emeritus of Linguistics at Barnard College and Columbia University. In addition to many articles and essays, he is the author of Tiberian Hebrew Phonology, also published by Eisenbrauns.