Format:
1 Online-Ressource (xi, 234 pages)
ISBN:
9789004348424
Series Statement:
Studies in Semitic languages and linguistics v. 26
Content:
Preliminary Material /DAVID D. TESTEN -- LIST OF TABLES /DAVID D. TESTEN -- PREFACE /DAVID D. TESTEN -- THE ARABIC PARTICLE la- /DAVID D. TESTEN -- ASSEVERATIVE la- AND THE ARABIC GRAMMATICAL TRADITION /DAVID D. TESTEN -- ON THE POSITION OF la- IN THE STRUCTURE OF ARABIC /DAVID D. TESTEN -- COMPARISON AND RECONSTRUCTION /DAVID D. TESTEN -- ASSEVERATIVE AND PRECATIVE PARTICLES IN THE SEMITIC LANGUAGES /DAVID D. TESTEN -- ON THE DEFINITE ARTICLE /DAVID D. TESTEN -- COMPARANDA HEBRAICA /DAVID D. TESTEN -- CONCLUSION /DAVID D. TESTEN -- BIBLIOGRAPHY /DAVID D. TESTEN -- INDEX /DAVID D. TESTEN -- AUTHORS CITED /DAVID D. TESTEN -- QUR'ANIC PASSAGES CITED /DAVID D. TESTEN -- BIBLICAL PASSAGES CITED /DAVID D. TESTEN.
Content:
This linguistic study is concerned with the role of the emphasizing particle la- (known as lām al-ta'kīd) in the grammatical traditions of Classical Arabic, as well as with the question of the historical relationship connecting this particle to a set of elements in several other Semitic languages showing comparable forms and functions. Although these particles have hitherto seemed to defy a coherent reconstruction, the very complexity of the data to which they attest proves to provide a key to their interpretation. They represent a critical first step in the refining of our understanding of the history of the Semitic sonorant phonemes
Note:
Based on the author's thesis--University of Chicago
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 219-227) and index
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9789004109735
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Online-Ausgabe Testen, David Parallels in Semitic linguistics Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 1998
Language:
English
DOI:
10.1163/9789004348424
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