Genealogical classification of Semitic
Subtitle: the lexical isoglosses
By: Leonid Kogan
Publisher: De Gruyter
Published: 2015
Place of publication: Boston
Language: eng
Number of pages: 734
ISBN-13: 9781614517269; 9781614515494; 9781614519218; 9781614515500
Subjects: Westsemitische Sprachen; Classification; Sprachwandel; Wortschatz; Semitiska språk; Semitische Sprachen; Semitic languages; Sprachtypologie; Genealogie; Isoglosse; Klassifikation; Akkadisch; History
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 603-629) and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction: genealogical classification of Semitic and the role of lexical isoglosses; title: The basic vocabulary of proto-Semitic: form and meaning; title: Historical unity and internal division of West Semitic as reflected in the basic vocabulary; title: Lexical isoglosses and the Central Semitic hypothesis; title: North-West Semitic as a genealogical unity: grammar and lexicon; title: Lexical isoglosses and the genealogical position of Ugaritic; title: From old to modern Aramaic: the historical unity of Aramaic as reflected in the basic vocabulary; title: Lexical isoglosses and the historical unity of Ethiopian Semitic; title: Modern South Arabian as a genealogical subgroup: the lexical dimension; title: Conclusions.