Lectures on the Comparative Grammar of the Semitic Languages

With a New Introduction by Patrick Bennett

Wright's Lectures are packed not only with data, but with carefully drawn conclusions. It would behoove us to take these into account before drawing our own.

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Publication Date: Aug 24,2002

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Page Count: 312

ISBN: 1-931956-12-X

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These Lectures were written for students of the University of Cambridge towards the end of the nineteenth century by the eminent Semitist William Wright. The Lectures are full of valuable and accurate data drawn from a variety of Semitic languages. While more recent studies on the comparative linguistics of Semitic have appeared, Wright's Lectures remain a classic in the field.

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Preface and Additional Notes by William Robertson Smith
New Introduction by Patrick Bennett
Introductory Remarks. The Term Semitic. Diffusion and Original Home of The Semites
General Survey of The Semitic Languages
Semitic Writing
The Letters of the Semitic Alphabet and the Changes They Undergo
The Vowels and Their Permutations
The Pronouns
The Noun
The Verb
The Irregular Verb

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