A comparative lexical study of Quranic Arabic / by Martin R. Zammit.

Author
Zammit, Martin R. [Browse]
Format
Book
Language
English
Εdition
1st ed.
Published/​Created
Leiden : Boston : Brill, 2002.
Description
1 online resource (xiv, 652 pages).

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Series
  • Handbuch der Orientalistik. Erste Abteilung, Nahe und der Mittlere Osten ; 61. Bd. [More in this series]
  • Handbook of Oriental studies. Section one, the Near and Middle East, 0169-9423 ; v. 61
Summary note
This work does not aim to be an etymological dictionary of Qur'ānic Arabic, nor does it attempt to suggest some new genetic classification of the Semitic languages. Rather, it offers insights into the internal lexical relationships attested in a number of Semitic varieties. The work is based on a quantitative analysis of a substantial corpus of the Arabic lexicon with a view to investigating lexical relationships within a number of Semitic languages. Qur'ānic Arabic is the source of a lexical mass comparison exercise involving Akkadian, Ugaritic, Aramaic, Syriac, Hebrew, Phoenician, Epigraphic South Arabian and Ge'ez. Moreover, the lexical links identified in this study are in themselves linguistic indicators of the various degrees of cultural proximity characterising the various Semitic languages.
Bibliographic references
Includes bibliographical references (p. [617]-627) and indexes.
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Language note
English
Contents
Contents; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations & symbols; Introduction; 1. Past lexical studies; 2. The Qur'ānic Text; 3. The lexical corpus; 4. Diachronic semantic observations; 5. Discussion of the figures; 6. Summary and conclusions; Appendix: General lexical notes; Bibliographical references; Index of Arabic Lexical Items; General Index
ISBN
  • 1-280-46436-4
  • 9786610464364
  • 1-4175-3651-9
  • 90-474-0051-8
OCLC
  • 171582983
  • 56590300
Doi
  • 10.1163/9789047400516
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