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Subject(s)

• Inscriptions, Lihyanic [Browse]
• Arabic language—Written Arabic [Browse]
• Arabic language—Grammar [Browse]
• Arabic language—Variation [Browse]

Series

• Studies in Semitic languages and linguistics ; |v 110. [More in this series]
• Studies in Semitic languages and linguistics, 0081-8461 ; volume 110

Summary note

"This work focuses the social context of writing in ancient Western Arabia in the oasis of ancient Dadan, modern-day al-'Ula in the northwest of the Arabian Peninsula between the sixth to first centuries BC. It offers a description and analysis of the language of the inscriptions and the variation attested within them. It is the first work to perform a systematic study of the linguistic variation of the Dadanitic inscriptions. It combines a thorough description of the language of the inscriptions with a statistical analysis of the distribution of variation across different textual genres and manners of inscribing. By considering correlations between language-internal and extralinguistic features this analysis aims to take a more holistic approach to the epigraphic object. Through this approach an image of a rich writing culture emerges, in which we can see innovation as well as the deliberate use of archaic linguistic features in more formal text types"-- Provided by publisher.

Notes

Originally presented as the author's thesis (doctoral) - Leiden University, 2019.

Bibliographic references

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN

• 9789004512627 ((hardback ; : acid-free paper))
• 9004512624

LCCN

2022051516

OCLC

1355648248

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