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The Afroasiatic Languages
Zygmunt Frajzyngier
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Description for The Afroasiatic Languages
hardcover. The first typological study of Afroasiatic languages. Editor(s): Frajzyngier, Zygmunt; Shay, Erin. Series: Cambridge Language Surveys. Num Pages: 708 pages, 6 b/w illus. 6 maps 99 tables. BIC Classification: 2C; CFF. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 160 x 37. Weight in Grams: 1240. Series: Cambridge Language Surveys. 708 pages, 6 b/w illus. 6 maps 99 tables. Editor(s): Frajzyngier, Zygmunt; Shay, Erin. The first typological study of Afroasiatic languages. Cateogry: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). BIC Classification: 2C; CFF. Dimension: 229 x 160 x 37. Weight: 1240.
Afroasiatic languages are spoken by some 300 million people in Northern, Central and Eastern Africa and the Middle East. This book is the first typological study of these languages, which are comprised of around 375 living and extinct varieties. They are an important object of study because of their typological diversity in the areas of phonology (some have tone; others do not), morphology (some have extensive inflectional systems; others do not), position of the verb in the clause (some are verb-initial, some are verb-medial, and some are verb-final) and in the semantic functions they encode. This book documents this typological ... Read more
Afroasiatic languages are spoken by some 300 million people in Northern, Central and Eastern Africa and the Middle East. This book is the first typological study of these languages, which are comprised of around 375 living and extinct varieties. They are an important object of study because of their typological diversity in the areas of phonology (some have tone; others do not), morphology (some have extensive inflectional systems; others do not), position of the verb in the clause (some are verb-initial, some are verb-medial, and some are verb-final) and in the semantic functions they encode. This book documents this typological ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Number of pages
708
Condition
New
Series
Cambridge Language Surveys
Number of Pages
708
Place of Publication
Cambridge, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780521865333
SKU
V9780521865333
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About Zygmunt Frajzyngier
Zygmunt Frajzyngier is Professor and Chair of Linguistics at the University of Colorado, Boulder. Erin Shay is a Research Assistant Professor of Linguistics at the University of Colorado, Boulder.
Reviews for The Afroasiatic Languages
'Formerly dominated by research on historical reconstruction, this volume provides a new perspective on Afroasiatic by focusing on the typological wealth characterising this phylum.' Bernd Heine, University of Cologne 'This volume is a wonderfully comprehensive and yet entirely accessible compilation of where we stand today in the study of Afroasiatic, one the world's most important established deep-time language families.' Chris ... Read more