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The structure of Mehri /

Mehri is the most widely spoken of the six Modern South Arabian languages, with populations in eastern Yemen, western Oman, the southern fringes of Saudi Arabia, and parts of the Gulf. The Structure of Mehri is a comprehensive linguistic description of two major Mehri dialect groups: Mahriyot, the e...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Watson, Janet C. E. (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Wiesbaden, Germany : Harrassowitz Verlag, 2012.
Colección:Semitica viva ; Bd. 52.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:Mehri is the most widely spoken of the six Modern South Arabian languages, with populations in eastern Yemen, western Oman, the southern fringes of Saudi Arabia, and parts of the Gulf. The Structure of Mehri is a comprehensive linguistic description of two major Mehri dialect groups: Mahriyot, the eastern Yemeni dialect of Mehri spoken in ?awf, and Mehreyyet, the Mehri of the Omani Najd. It provides the first description of Mahriyot, complementing Wagner (1953), which examines Mehriyet, the western Yemeni dialect of Mehri, and extending Rubin (2010), which deals with Mehreyyet. Based on fieldw.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (508 pages).
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9783447192552
3447192550
ISSN:0931-2811 ;
0931-2811