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A comparative lexical study of Quranic Arabic / by Martin R. Zammit.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Zammit, Martin R.
- Series:
- Handbuch der Orientalistik. Nahe und der Mittlere Osten ; Erste Abteilung, 61. Bd.
- Handbook of Oriental studies. Section one, the Near and Middle East, 0169-9423 ; v. 61
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Arabic language--Lexicology.
- Arabic language.
- Semitic languages--Lexicology.
- Semitic languages.
- Arabic language--Lexicography.
- Semitic languages--Lexicography.
- Qurʼan--Language, style.
- Qurʼan.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xiv, 652 pages).
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Leiden : Boston : Brill, 2002.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- This work does not aim to be an etymological dictionary of Qur'ānic Arabic, nor does it attempt to suggest some new genetic classification of the Semitic languages. Rather, it offers insights into the internal lexical relationships attested in a number of Semitic varieties. The work is based on a quantitative analysis of a substantial corpus of the Arabic lexicon with a view to investigating lexical relationships within a number of Semitic languages. Qur'ānic Arabic is the source of a lexical mass comparison exercise involving Akkadian, Ugaritic, Aramaic, Syriac, Hebrew, Phoenician, Epigraphic South Arabian and Ge'ez. Moreover, the lexical links identified in this study are in themselves linguistic indicators of the various degrees of cultural proximity characterising the various Semitic languages.
- Contents:
- Contents; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations & symbols; Introduction; 1. Past lexical studies; 2. The Qur'ānic Text; 3. The lexical corpus; 4. Diachronic semantic observations; 5. Discussion of the figures; 6. Summary and conclusions; Appendix: General lexical notes; Bibliographical references; Index of Arabic Lexical Items; General Index
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [617]-627) and indexes.
- ISBN:
- 1-280-46436-4
- 9786610464364
- 1-4175-3651-9
- 90-474-0051-8
- OCLC:
- 171582983
- Publisher Number:
- 10.1163/9789047400516 DOI
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