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The Mehri language of Oman /

This volume contains a detailed grammatical description of Mehri, an unwritten Semitic language spoken in Oman and Yemen. It is the first grammar of its kind, and the first of any Modern South Arabian language in a century.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Rubin, Aaron D., 1976-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2010.
Colección:Studies in Semitic languages and linguistics ; 58.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • The Mehri Language of Oman; CONTENTS; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; ABBREVIATIONS AND SYMBOLS; TEXT CITATION; A NOTE ON TRANSCRIPTION; CHAPTER ONE; INTRODUCTION; 1.1. Dialects of Mehri; 1.2. Previous Scholarship on Mehri; 1.3. The Position of Mehri Within MSA; 1.4. The Position of MSA in Semitic; 1.5. The Grammar; 1.6. Johnstone's Texts; 1.7. Johnstone's Audio Material; CHAPTER TWO; PHONOLOGY; 2.1. Mehri Consonants; 2.1.1. The Glottalics; 2.1.2. The Consonants 'and'; 2.1.3. The Non-occurrence of h-; 2.1.4. The Loss of l; 2.1.5. The Loss of t; 2.1.6. Gemination; 2.1.7. The Shift of b > m
  • VERBS: STEMS6.1. G-Stem; 6.1.1. Ga-Stem; 6.1.2. Ga Internal Passive; 6.1.3. Gb-Stem; 6.1.4. Ga vs. Gb Meaning; 6.2. D/L-Stem; 6.2.1. D/L-Stem Meaning; 6.3. H-Stem; 6.4. Š-Stems; 6.4.1. Š1-Stem Form; 6.4.2. Š1-Stem Meaning; 6.4.3. Š2-Stem Form; 6.4.4. Š2-Stem Meaning; 6.5. T-Stems; 6.5.1. T1-Stem Form; 6.5.2. T1-Stem Meaning; 6.5.3. T2-Stem Form; 6.5.4. T2-Stem Meaning; 6.6. Quadriliterals; 6.6.1. Basic Quadriliterals (Q-Stems); 6.6.2. N-Stem Quadriliterals; 6.6.3. Pseudo-Quadriliterals; CHAPTER SEVEN; VERBS: TENSES AND FORMS; 7.1. Verbal Tenses and Moods; 7.1.1. Perfect; 7.1.2. Imperfect
  • 7.1.3. Subjunctive7.1.4. Conditional; 7.1.5. Imperative; 7.1.6. Active Participles (Future); 7.1.7. Internal Passives; 7.1.8. Passive Participles; 7.1.9. Compound Tenses; 7.1.10. The Verbal Prefix ð-; 7.1.10.1. ð- + Imperfect; 7.1.10.2. ð- + Perfect; 7.2. Weak Verbs; 7.2.1. I-' and I-' Verbs; 7.2.2. I-Guttural and I-Glottalic Verbs; 7.2.3. I-w and I-y Verbs; 7.2.4. I-l, II-l, and III-l Verbs; 7.2.5. II-Guttural and II-Glottalic Verbs; 7.2.6. II-' and II-' Verbs; 7.2.7. II-w and II-y Verbs; 7.2.8. III-Guttural Verbs (including III-'and III-' Verbs); 7.2.9. III-w and III-y Verbs