Historical aspects of standard negation in Semitic /

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In Historical Aspects of Standard Negation in Semitic Ambjörn Sjörs investigates the grammar of standard negation in a wide selection of Semitic languages. The bulk of the investigation consists of a detailed analysis of negative constructions and is based on a first-hand examination of the exampl...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Sjörs, Ambjörn (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2017.
Series:Studies in Semitic languages and linguistics ; volume 91
Subjects:
Semitic languages > Negatives.
Langues sémitiques > Négations.
FOREIGN LANGUAGE STUDY > Arabic.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Front Matter
  • Copyright page
  • Preface
  • List of Tables and Diagrams
  • Abbreviations, Terminology, and Symbols
  • Introduction
  • Preliminaries
  • On the Grammar of Negation
  • Presentation and Analysis of the Material
  • Old Assyrian and East Semitic
  • Ugaritic
  • Standard Biblical Hebrew
  • Phoenician
  • Aramaic, Deir Alla, and Sam'alian
  • Quran Arabic
  • Minaic, Sabaic, and Ancient South Arabian
  • Jibbali and Modern South Arabian
  • Tigre and Tigrinya
  • Amharic and Harari
  • Gafat, Kistane, and Peripheral Western Gurage
  • Concluding Discussion
  • Innovative Expressions of Negation
  • Other Negators and Negative Asymmetries
  • Reconstruction.

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