Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- Abbreviations -- Introduction -- 1 Languages and Classification -- 1.1 Akkadian -- 1.2 Eblaite -- 1.3 Modern South Arabian -- 1.4 Ethiopian Semitic -- 1.5 Arabic -- 1.6 Sayhadic (Old South Arabian) -- 1.7 Ugaritic -- 1.8 Canaanite -- 1.9 Aramaic -- 2 Phonology -- 2.1 Semitic Consonants -- 2.2 Semitic Vowels -- 2.3 Roots and Root Integrity -- 3 Morphology -- 3.1 Pronouns -- 3.1.1 Independent Pronouns -- 3.1.2 Suffixed Pronouns
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3.1.3 Reflexive and Reciprocal Pronouns3.2 Nominal System -- 3.2.1 Gender and Number -- 3.2.2 Nominal Case -- 3.2.3 Nominal State -- 3.2.4 Articles -- 3.3 Numerals -- 3.4 Verbal System -- 3.4.1 Verbal Stems -- 3.4.2 Voice -- 3.4.3 Verbal Tense/Aspect -- 3.4.4 Mood -- 3.4.5 Phrasal Verbs -- 3.5 Adverbs -- 4 Syntax -- 4.1 Word Order -- 4.2 Positional Relations -- 4.3 Agreement -- 4.4 Comparison -- 4.5 Coordination -- 4.6 Copular Clauses -- 4.7 Existential Clauses -- 4.8 Possession -- 4.9 Interrogatives -- 4.10 Relative Clauses
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4.11 Subordinate Clauses5 Lexicon -- 6 Guide to Further Reading -- Bibliography
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With a written history of nearly five thousand years, the Semitic languages comprise one of the world's earliest and longest attested families. This volume provides an overview of this important language family, including both ancient and modern languages. After a brief introduction to the history of the family and its internal classification, subsequent chapters cover topics in phonology, morphology, syntax, and lexicon. Each chapter describes features that are characteristic of the Semitic language family as a whole, as well as some of the more extraordinary developments that take place in the individual languages.