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Record Nr.

UNINA9910973874403321

Autore

Al-Jallad Ahmad

Titolo

An outline of the grammar of the Safaitic Inscriptions / / By Ahmad Al-Jallad

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Leiden ; ; Boston : , : Brill, , [2015]

ISBN

9789004289826

9004289828

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (383 pages, 3 pages of plates) : illustrations (some color), photographs

Collana

Studies in Semitic languages and linguistics ; ; 80

Disciplina

492.7/11

Soggetti

Inscriptions, Safaitic

Safaliba language - Grammar

Inscriptions - Arabian Peninsula

Arabian Peninsula Antiquities

Arabian Peninsula Languages

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 360-362) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Front Matter -- Introduction -- Script and Orthography -- Phonology and Phonetics -- Nominal Morphology -- The Verb -- Adjectives and Agreement -- Prepositions -- Adverbs -- Vocative Particles -- Other Particles -- Conjunctions -- Verbless Clauses -- Verbal Clauses -- The Syntax of Adverbs -- Topicalization -- Syntax of the Infinitive -- Relative and Subordinate Clauses -- Circumstantial Clauses -- Coordination -- Conditional Clauses -- Other Constructions -- Compositional Formulae -- Appendix of Inscriptions -- Dictionary -- Plates -- Bibliography -- Index of Tribes.

Sommario/riassunto

This volume contains a detailed grammatical description of the dialects of Old Arabic attested in the Safaitic script, an Ancient North Arabian alphabet used mainly in the deserts of southern Syria and north-eastern Jordan in the pre-Islamic period. It is the first complete grammar of any Ancient North Arabian corpus, making it an important contribution to the fields of Arabic and Semitic studies. The volume covers topics in script and orthography, phonology, morphology, and syntax, and contains an appendix of over 500 inscriptions and an



annotated dictionary. The grammar is based on a corpus of 33,000 Safaitic inscriptions.