ABSTRACT

This is Volume VI of six in a series on the Ancient Near East. Originally published in 1923, this study compares the language of the semitic group of languages. The semitic languages are a group of closely allied members spread over a clearly defined and limited area. The consist of five branches- Arabic, Abyssinian, Hebrew, Aramaic and Assyrian.

chapter 1|6 pages

(i) The Semitic Group

chapter 2|2 pages

2 (ii) 2 Babylonia 2and, 2Assyria2

chapter 3|4 pages

2 (iii) 2 Canaan2

chapter 4|3 pages

2 (iv) 2 Aramaic2

chapter 5|6 pages

2 (v) 2 Arabic2

chapter 6|2 pages

(vi) Abyssinian

chapter |3 pages

The Function of a Consonant

chapter 8|2 pages

(b) Transcription

chapter 9|1 pages

(c) Classification of Consonant Sounds

chapter 21|13 pages

2 (i) 2 Assimilation 2o2f 2Consonants2

chapter 31|7 pages

2 (ii) 2Dissimilation 2o2f 2Consonants2

chapter 37|3 pages

2 Consonants uaffected uby u Vowelsu

chapter 41|2 pages

General

chapter 42|27 pages

Accent

chapter 53|6 pages

(i) Influence of Consonants on Vowels

chapter 70|2 pages

(II) Haplology and Elision

chapter 75|2 pages

(Ill) Metathesis

chapter 76|10 pages

(A) The Absolute Form

chapter 81|9 pages

(B) The Suffixed Pronoun

chapter 87|14 pages

General

chapter 98|1 pages

(A) Relative Pronouns— (ì) dhu, etc

chapter 102|2 pages

(B) Interrogative Pronouns— (ì) ma

chapter 107|16 pages

(A) Nouns Generally

chapter 121|1 pages

(B) Gender

chapter 122|3 pages

(C) Number

chapter 126|9 pages

(D) The Cases

chapter 132|2 pages

(E) Determination and Indetermination

chapter 133|2 pages

(F) Comparison of Adjectives

chapter 134|1 pages

(i) The Verb Stem

chapter 135|25 pages

(ii) Verb Themes

chapter 144|16 pages

(iii) Verb Inflexions

chapter 152|18 pages

(A) Verbs with first radical Semi-vowel

chapter 158|3 pages

(a) Prepositions

chapter 160|1 pages

(c) Exclamatory Particles

chapter 161|1 pages

(d) Negative Particles

chapter 162|1 pages

(e) Interrogative forms

chapter 163|2 pages

(f ) Conditional Particles