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ISBN: 0914203223 Year: 1984 Publisher: Chicago (Ill.): Chicago linguistic society


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Parallels in Semitic linguistics : the development of Arabic la- and related Semitic particles
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Year: 1998 Publisher: Boston; Leiden ; Köln Brill

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Parallels in Semitic linguistics : the development of Arabic la- and related Semitic particles
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ISBN: 9004348425 9004109730 Year: 1998 Publisher: Leiden ; Boston : Brill,

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This linguistic study is concerned with the role of the emphasizing particle la- (known as lām al-ta'kīd) in the grammatical traditions of Classical Arabic, as well as with the question of the historical relationship connecting this particle to a set of elements in several other Semitic languages showing comparable forms and functions. Although these particles have hitherto seemed to defy a coherent reconstruction, the very complexity of the data to which they attest proves to provide a key to their interpretation. They represent a critical first step in the refining of our understanding of the history of the Semitic sonorant phonemes.

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