Author : Róbert Hetzron
Year : 1997
572 pages
The Semitic Languagespresents a unique, comprehensive survey of 23 languages from their origins in antiquity to the present day. The volume includes: an introduction to the grammatical traditions, subgrouping and writing systems; individual descriptions of Old Semitic and Modern Semitic; and an overview of each language followed by detail on phonology, morphology, syntax, lexis and dialects.