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1 online resource. |
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text file |
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Studies in Semitic Languages and Linguistics ; 72
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Studies in Semitic languages and linguistics ; 72.
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Summary |
This book contains a detailed grammatical description of Jibbali (or Shahri), an unwritten Semitic language spoken in the Dhofar region of Oman, along with seventy texts. This is the first ever comprehensive grammar of Jibbali, and the first collection of texts published in over a hundred years. Topics in phonology, all aspects of morphology, and a variety of syntactic features are covered. The texts include those collected by the late T.M. Johnstone (newly edited and translated), as well as new texts collected by the author, while the grammar is based both on the texts and on original fieldwork. Semitists, linguists, and anyone interested in the folklore of Arabia will find much valuable data and analysis in this volume. |
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List of Texts; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations and Symbols; Text Citation; A Note on Transcription; PART ONE. GRAMMAR; Chapter One. Introduction; 1.1. Previous Scholarship on Jibbali; 1.2. The Name "Jibbali"; 1.3. Dialects of Jibbali; 1.4. The Position of Jibbali within MSA; 1.5. The Position of MSA within Semitic; 1.6. Johnstone's Jibbali Texts; 1.7. Johnstone's Audio Material; 1.8. New Material; 1.9. This Grammar; Chapter Two. Phonology; 2.1. Jibbali Consonants; 2.1.1. The Glottalics; 2.1.2. The Loss of b; 2.1.3. The Loss of m; 2.1.4. The Shift of b> m. |
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4.5. Diminutives4.6. Construct State; Chapter Five. Adjectives; 5.1. Agreement; 5.2. Declension; 5.3. Substantivization; 5.4. Comparatives; 5.5. Quantifiers; 5.5.1. x⁹ث⁻ѓrín 'a little'; 5.5.2. m⁹ةn- 'some'; 5.5.3. k⁹ؤl 'each, every'; 5.5.4. k⁹ثl 'all (of the)'; 5.5.5. (l- ) ád⁹ثd ⁹ث- 'each, every'; 5.5.6. m⁹ث⁻ѓk⁹ةn 'a lot, many'; 5.5.7. miṭ-ín⁹ث⁻ѓ 'some kind of'; Chapter Six. Verbs: Stems; 6.1. G-Stem; 6.1.1. Ga-Stem; 6.1.2. Ga Internal Passive; 6.1.3. Gb-Stem; 6.1.4. Ga vs. Gb Meaning; 6.2. D/L-Stem; 6.2.1. D/L-Stem Meaning; 6.2.2. D/L Internal Passive; 6.3. H-Stem; 6.3.1. H-Stem Meaning. |
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2.1.5. The Loss of w, and the Shift of w> b2.1.6. The Loss of l; 2.1.7. The Loss of n; 2.1.8. Word-Final Liquids and Nasals; 2.1.9. The Loss of t-; 2.1.10. The Non-Occurrence of d-/ð-; 2.1.11. Gemination; 2.2. Jibbali Vowels; 2.2.1. The Effects of Guttural Consonants on Vowels; 2.2.2. The Effects of Nasals on Vowels; 2.3. Word Stress; Chapter Three. Pronouns; 3.1. Independent Personal Pronouns; 3.2. Suffixed Pronouns; 3.2.1. Suffixes on Singular Nouns; 3.2.2. Suffixes on Plural Nouns; 3.2.3. Suffixes on Verbs; 3.3. Direct Object Pronouns (t- ); 3.4. Demonstratives; 3.5. Indefinite Pronouns. |
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6.3.2. H Internal Passive6.4. Š-Stems; 6.4.1. Š1-Stem Form; 6.4.2. Š1-Stem Meaning; 6.4.3. Š2-Stem Form; 6.4.4. Š2-Stem Meaning; 6.5. T-Stems; 6.5.1. T1-Stem Form; 6.5.2. T1-Stem Meaning; 6.5.3. T2-Stem Form; 6.5.4. T2-Stem Meaning; 6.6. Quadriliterals; 6.6.1. Basic Quadriliterals (Q-Stems); 6.6.2. N-Stem Quadriliterals (NQ-Stems); Chapter Seven. Verbs: Tenses and Forms; 7.1. Verbal Tenses and Moods; 7.1.1. Perfect; 7.1.2. Imperfect; 7.1.3. Subjunctive; 7.1.4. Future (dḥa-, ḥa-, a- ); 7.1.5. Conditional; 7.1.6. Imperative; 7.1.7. Internal Passive; 7.1.8. Passive Participles. |
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| Subject |
Jibbali language -- Grammar.
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Jibbali language. |
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Grammar, Comparative and general. |
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Jibbali language -- Texts.
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Texts.
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Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: 9789004262843 9004262849 (DLC) 2013046971 |
| ISBN |
9004262857 (electronic book) |
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9789004262850 (electronic book) |
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1306493668 (e-book) |
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9781306493666 (e-book) |
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9789004262843 (hardback ; alkaline paper) |
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9004262849 (hardback ; alkaline paper) |
| Standard No. |
10.1163/9789004262850 |
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