The writing culture of ancient Dadan : a description and quantitative analysis of linguistic variation / by Fokelien Kootstra.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Kootstra, Fokelien, 1988- author.

Series:

Studies in Semitic languages and linguistics, 0081-8461 ; volume 110

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Inscriptions, Lihyanic.

Arabic language--Written Arabic.

Arabic language.

Arabic language--Grammar.

Arabic language--Variation.

Physical Description:

pages cm.

Place of Publication:

Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2023]

Summary:

"This work focuses the social context of writing in ancient Western Arabia in the oasis of ancient Dadan, modern-day al-'Ula in the northwest of the Arabian Peninsula between the sixth to first centuries BC. It offers a description and analysis of the language of the inscriptions and the variation attested within them. It is the first work to perform a systematic study of the linguistic variation of the Dadanitic inscriptions. It combines a thorough description of the language of the inscriptions with a statistical analysis of the distribution of variation across different textual genres and manners of inscribing. By considering correlations between language-internal and extralinguistic features this analysis aims to take a more holistic approach to the epigraphic object. Through this approach an image of a rich writing culture emerges, in which we can see innovation as well as the deliberate use of archaic linguistic features in more formal text types"-- Provided by publisher.

Notes:

Originally presented as the author's thesis (doctoral) - Leiden University, 2019.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Online version: Kootstra, Fokelien, 1988- Writing culture of ancient Dadan

ISBN:

9789004512627

9004512624

OCLC:

1355648248