A Comparative Lexical Study of Qur'ānic Arabic

Martin Zammit (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

672 Seiten

2001
Brill (Verlag)
978-90-04-11801-0 (ISBN)

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In this analytical work, the lexical relationships between Arabic, based on the Qur'ānic register, and Akkadian, Ugaritic, Aramaic, Syriac, Hebrew, Phoenician Epigraphic, South Arabian and Ge‘ez are established. Its aim is to assess the various degrees of cultural proximity between these Semitic languages.

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.

Martin R. Zammit, Ph.D. (1998), in Arabic and Semitic Studies, University of Malta, is a Lecturer of Arabic at the Department of Arabic and Near Eastern Studies, University of Malta.

Erscheint lt. Verlag	1.11.2001
Reihe/Serie	Handbuch der Orientalistik ; BD 61 \| 1.890
Verlagsort	Leiden
Sprache	englisch
Maße	155 x 235 mm
Gewicht	1152 g
Einbandart	gebunden
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Sprachwissenschaft
ISBN-10	90-04-11801-2 / 9004118012
ISBN-13	978-90-04-11801-0 / 9789004118010
Zustand	Neuware