1st Edition

Comparative Grammar of the Semitic Languages

By De Lacy O'Leary Copyright 1923
    300 Pages
    by Routledge

    300 Pages
    by Routledge

    This is Volume VI of six in a series on the Ancient Near East. Originally published in 1923, this study compares the language of the semitic group of languages. The semitic languages are a group of closely allied members spread over a clearly defined and limited area. The consist of five branches- Arabic, Abyssinian, Hebrew, Aramaic and Assyrian.

    I The Semitic Languages II The Consonant Sounds III Temporary Modification of Consonants IV The Vowels V Temporary Modifications of Vowel Sounds VI Temporary Syllabic Changes VII The Personal Pronoun VIII Demonstrative Pronouns IX Relative and Interrogative Pronouns X The Noun XI The Verb XII The Particles

    Biography

    De Lacy O'Leary Lecturer in Aramaic, etc., Bristol University' author of Arabic Thought and Us Place in History, A History of the Fatimid Khalifate, etc.