Ancient Egyptian and Afroasiatic : rethinking the origins.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Almansa-Villatoro, M. Victoria, editor.

Nigrelli, Silvia Štubňová, editor.

Series:

Languages of the ancient Near East ; II.

Languages of the ancient Near East ; II

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Egyptian language--Congresses.

Egyptian language.

Afroasiatic languages--Congresses.

Afroasiatic languages.

Comparative linguistics--Congresses.

Comparative linguistics.

Genre:

Conference papers and proceedings.

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Place of Publication:

Pennsylvania: Penn State University Press, 2023.

Summary:

By challenging assumptions regarding the proximity between Egyptian andSemitic Languages, Ancient Egyptian and Afroasiatic provides a freshapproach to the relationships and similarities between Ancient Egyptian, Semitic, and Afroasiatic languages.This in-depth analysis includes a re-examination of the methodologies deployed in historical linguistics and comparative grammar, a morphological study of Ancient Egyptian, and critical comparisons between Ancient Egyptian and Semitic, as well as careful considerations of environmental factors and archaeological evidence.These contributions offer a reassessment of the Afroasiatic phylum, which is based on the relations between Ancient Egyptian and the other Afroasiatic branches. This volume illustrates the advantages of viewing Ancient Egyptian in its African context. In addition to the editors, the contributors to this collection include Shiferaw Assefa, Michael Avina, Vit Bubenik, Leo Depuydt, Christopher Ehret, Zygmunt Frajzyngier, J. Lafayette Gaston, Tiffany Gleason, John Huehnergard, Andrew Kitchen, Elsa Oréal, Chelsea Sanker, Lameen Souag, Andréas Stauder, Deven N. Vyas, Aren Wilson-Wright, and Jean Winand.

Contents:

Cover

Title Page

Copyright

Contents

List of Illustrations

List of Tables

Acknowledgments

List of Abbreviations

Comparative Afroasiatic Linguistics and the Place of Ancient Egyptian Within the Phylum / M. Victoria Almansa-Villatoro, Silvia Štubňová Nigrelli

Data Limitations and Supplementary Methods in Placing Egyptian / Chelsea Sanker

Afroasiatic Lexical Comparison: An Egyptologist’s Point of View / Jean Winand

Egyptian Morphology in Afroasiatic Perspective / Andréas Stauder

Proto-Semitic and Egyptian / John Huehnergard

Some Common Features of Akkadian and Egyptian Revisited / Elsa Oréal

Rethinking the Relationship Between Egyptian and Semitic: The Lexical, Phonological, and Morphological Evidence / Aren M. Wilson-Wright

Reconstructing Proto-Semitic Nominal and Verbal Systems in the Context of Afroasiatic Languages / Vit Bubenik

Ancient Egyptian’s Place in the Afroasiatic Language Family / Christopher Ehret, Deven N. Vyas, Shiferaw Assefa, J. Lafayette Gaston, Tiffany Gleason, Andrew Kitchen

Testing the Hypothesis—Theoretical and Methodological Issues: The Relationship of Egyptian to Afroasiatic / Zygmunt Frajzyngier, Michael Avina

Restructured or Archaic? The Hunt for Shared Morphological Innovation Involving Egyptian / Lameen Souag

In Pascal’s and Boole’s Footsteps: Measuring the Mathematical Probability of Genetic Kinship Between Language Families (with a Note on Chadic) / Leo Depuydt

List of Contributors

Index.

Notes:

Includes index.