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A comparative lexical study of Qurʾānic Arabic
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ISSN: 01699423 01699423 ISBN: 9004118012 9786610464364 1417536519 1280464364 9047400518 9781417536511 9789047400516 9789004118010 9781280464362 6610464367 Year: 2002 Volume: 61 Publisher: Leiden: Brill,

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Abstract

This work does not aim to be an etymological dictionary of Qur'ānic Arabic, nor does it attempt to suggest some new genetic classification of the Semitic languages. Rather, it offers insights into the internal lexical relationships attested in a number of Semitic varieties. The work is based on a quantitative analysis of a substantial corpus of the Arabic lexicon with a view to investigating lexical relationships within a number of Semitic languages. Qur'ānic Arabic is the source of a lexical mass comparison exercise involving Akkadian, Ugaritic, Aramaic, Syriac, Hebrew, Phoenician, Epigraphic South Arabian and Ge'ez. Moreover, the lexical links identified in this study are in themselves linguistic indicators of the various degrees of cultural proximity characterising the various Semitic languages.

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