02913oam 2200529I 450 991097387440332120190826145055.09789004289826900428982810.1163/9789004289826(CKB)3710000000376204(MiAaPQ)EBC2006482(OCoLC)900794098(nllekb)BRILL9789004289826(EXLCZ)99371000000037620420150213d2015 uy 0engurcnu||||||||rdacontentrdamediardacarrierAn outline of the grammar of the Safaitic Inscriptions /By Ahmad Al-JalladLeiden ;Boston :Brill,[2015]1 online resource (383 pages, 3 pages of plates) illustrations (some color), photographsStudies in Semitic languages and linguistics ;809789004289291 9004289291 Includes bibliographical references (p. 360-362) 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 Linguistics80.Inscriptions, SafaiticSafaliba languageGrammarInscriptionsArabian PeninsulaArabian PeninsulaAntiquitiesArabian PeninsulaLanguagesInscriptions, Safaitic.Safaliba languageGrammar.Inscriptions492.7/11Al-Jallad Ahmad1111062NL-LeKBNL-LeKBBOOK9910973874403321An outline of the grammar of the Safaitic Inscriptions4077837UNINA