Semitic and Indo-European : the principal etymologies : with observations on Afro-Asiatic / Saul Levin.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Levin, Saul.

Series:

Amsterdam studies in the theory and history of linguistic science. Current issues in linguistic theory ; Series IV, v. 129.

Amsterdam studies in the theory and history of linguistic science. Series IV, Current issues in linguistic theory, 0304-0763 ; v. 129

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Language and languages--Etymology.

Language and languages.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (536 p.)

Place of Publication:

Amsterdam : John Benjamins Pub. Co., 1995.

Summary:

This volume presents the key examples of morphological correspondences between Indo-European and Semitic languages, afforded by nouns, verbal roots, pronouns, prepositions, and numerals. Its focus is on shared morphology embodied in the cognate vocabulary.The facts that are brought out in this volume do not fit comfortably within either the Indo-Europeanists' or the Semitists' conception of the prehistoric development of their languages. Nonetheless they are so fundamental that many would take them for evidence of a single original source, 'Proto-Nostratic'. In this book, however, it is

Contents:

SEMITIC AND INDO-EUROPEANTHE PRINCIPAL ETYMOLOGIES; Editorial page; Title page; Copyright page; Dedication; PREFACE; Table of contents; BIBLIOGRAPHICAL ABBREVIATIONS; INTRODUCTION; Chapter I. NON-VERBAL NOUNS AND THEIR INFLECTIONS; Chapter II. VERBAL ROOTS; Chapter III. PRONOUNS; Chapter IV. PREPOSITIONS; Chapter V. NUMERALS; ADDENDA; INDICES; Index of Scholars; Index of Languages; Index of Grammatical or Linguistic Terms; Index of Miscellaneous Topics; Index of Linguistic Forms; Index of English Glosses

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

ISBN:

1-283-31270-0

9786613312709

90-272-7647-1

OCLC:

759101614