Publication

2017 - Brill, Leiden, Netherlands

Language

English

Word Count

126,750 words, Guess

Page Count

507 pages

Identifiers

Classifications

  • DDC492.709
  • LCCPJ6075 .A725 2017

Description

The writing of Arabic's linguistic history is by definition an interdisciplinary effort, the result of collaboration between historical linguists, epigraphists, dialectologists, and historians. The present volume seeks to catalyse a dialogue between scholars in various fields who are interested in Arabic's past and to illustrate how much there is to be gained by looking beyond the traditional sources and methods. It contains 15 innovative studies ranging from pre-Islamic epigraphy to the modern spoken dialect, and from comparative Semitics to Middle Arabic. The combination of these perspectives hopes to stand as an important methodological intervention, encouraging a shift in the way Arabic?'s linguistic history is written.

Subjects

Series Statement

  • Studies in Semitic languages and linguistics -- volume 89

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