02947nam 2200529 450 991079704480332120230807214102.090-04-28982-810.1163/9789004289826(CKB)3710000000376204(MiAaPQ)EBC2006482(OCoLC)900794098(nllekb)BRILL9789004289826(EXLCZ)99371000000037620420150413h20152015 uy 0engurcnu||||||||rdacontentrdamediardacarrierAn outline of the grammar of the Safaitic Inscriptions /Ahmad Al-JalladLeiden, Netherlands ;Boston, [Massachusetts] :Brill,2015.©20151 online resource (383 pages, 3 pages of plates) illustrations (some color), photographsStudies in Semitic Languages and Linguistics,0081-8461 ;Volume 8090-04-28929-1 Includes bibliographical references and index.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.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.Studies in Semitic languages and linguistics ;Volume 80.Inscriptions, SafaiticSafaliba languageGrammarInscriptionsArabian PeninsulaArabian PeninsulaAntiquitiesArabian PeninsulaLanguagesInscriptions, Safaitic.Safaliba languageGrammar.Inscriptions492.7/11Al-Jallad Ahmad1111062MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910797044803321An outline of the grammar of the Safaitic Inscriptions3739400UNINA