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A grammar of the Ugaritic language

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Ugaritic, discovered in 1929, is a North-West Semitic language, documented on clay tablets (about 1250 texts) and dated from the period between the 14th and the 12th centuries BCE. This text deals with the phonology, morphology and syntax of Ugaritic.

Title A grammar of the Ugaritic language / Daniel Sivan.
Edition 1st ed.
Publisher Leiden
New York : Brill
Creation Date 1997
Notes Includes bibliographical references (p. [227]-238) and indexes.
Content Contents
Foreword
Abbreviations
Introduction
I. Orthography
II. Phonology
III Pronouns
IV. The noun
V. Numerals and numeric terms
VI. The verb
VII. Adverbial and adverbs suffixes
VIII. Several syntactical points
Bibliography
Appendix: Text selections
Indices
Corrections to the first edition
Series Handbook of oriental studies. The Near and Middle East = Handbuch der Orientalistik. Erste Abteilung, Der Nahe und Mittlere Osten, 0169-9423
28. Bd
Extent 1 online resource (353 pages)
Language English
Ugaritic
National Library system number 997010700287805171
MARC RECORDS
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