Phonologies of Asia and Africa
Edited by Alan S. Kaye and Peter T. Daniels
This large, 2-volume work presents more than 50 authoritative articles by leading specialists on a wide variety of ancient, medieval, and modern languages and dialects of the greater Near East and Africa, from a variety of language families. The articles are concise descriptive narratives presenting the basics of the phonology of the languages and dialects, with an emphasis on the phonological processes operative in them. A major goal of the work is a definite statement on the language and/or dialect in question with regard to genetics, typology, and/or universal elements. Of interest to general linguists as well as those specializing in Afro-Asiatic languages.
- Description
- Table of Contents
Volume 1
List of Maps
List of Tables
Preface
Introduction
1. Afroasiatic Languages
Semitic Languages
Ancient and Medieval
East Semitic
1. Akkadian and Amorite Phonology - Giorgio Buccellati
2. Eblaite Phonology - Cyrus H. Gordon
Central Semitic
3. Ugaritic Phonology - Cyrus H. Gordon
Northwest Semitic
4. Phoenician and Punic Phonology - Stanislav Segert
5. Ancient Hebrew Phonology - Gary A. Rendsburg
6. Tiberian Hebrew Phonology - Geoffrey Khan
7. Jewish Palestinian Aramaic Phonology - Geoffrey Khan
8. Old Aramaic Phonology - Stanislav Segert
9. Classical Syriac Phonology - Peter T. Daniels
10. Modern and Classical Mandaic Phonology - Joseph L. Malone
South Semitic
11. Old South Arabian Phonology - Gene Gragg
12. Ge’ez Phonology - Gene Gragg
Modern Central Semitic
13. Arabic Phonology - Alan S. Kaye
14. Moroccan Arabic Phonology - Jeffrey Heath
15. Cypriot Arabic Phonology - Alexander Borg
16. Maltese Phonology - Alexander Borg
Northwest Semitic
17. Israeli Hebrew Phonology - Shmuel Bolozky
18. Modern Aramaic Phonology - Robert D. Hoberman
South Semitic
19. La phonologie des langues sudarabiques modernes - Antoine Lonnet et Marie-Claude Simeone-Senelle
20. Chaha (Gurage) Phonology - Wolf Leslau
21. Amharic Phonology - Wolf Leslau
Egyptian Sub-branch
22. Egyptian and Coptic Phonology - Antonio Loprieno
Berber Languages
23. Berber Phonology - Maarten G. Kossman and Harry J. Stroomer
Cushitic Languages
24. Awngi Phonology - Robert Hetzron
25. Oromo Phonology - Maria-Rosa Lloret
26. Somali Phonology - Annarita Puglielli
Chadic Languages
27. Hausa Phonology - Paul Newman
Volume 2
2. Indo-European Languages
Ancient and Medieval
Anatolian Languages
28 Hittite Phonology - H. Craig Melchert
Iranian Languages
29. Old Persian and Avestan Phonology - David Testen
30. Pahlavi Phonology - Dieter Weber
Modern Indo-Aryan Languages
31. Hindi-Urdu Phonology - Alan S. Kaye
32. Gujarati Phonology - P. J. Mistry
Iranian Languages
33. Persian Phonology - Gernot L. Windfuhr
34. Kurdish Phonology - Ernest N. McCarus
35. Ossetic Phonology - David Testen
36. Pashto Phonology - Josef Elfenbein
37. Balochi Phonology - Josef Elfenbein
Armenian Sub-branch
38. Armenian Phonology - John A.C. Greppin
3. Dravidian Languages
39. Brahui Phonology - Josef Elfenbein
4. Nilo-Saharan Languages
40. Nilo-Saharan Phonology - M. Lionel Bender
5. Niger-Congo Languages
41. Swahili Phonology - Ellen Contini-Morava
42. Sango Phonology - James A. Walker and William J. Samarin
6. Altaic Languages
Turkic Languages
43. Turkish Phonology - Bernard Comrie
44. Tatar (Volga Tatar, Kazan Tatar) Phonology - Bernard Comrie
45. Uyghur Phonology - Bernard Comrie
7. Caucasian Languages
46. Georgian Phonology - Howard I. Aronson
47. Chechen Phonology - Johanna Nichols
48. Lak Phonology - Gregory D. S. Anderson
8. Unaffiliated Languages (Language Isolates)
49. Sumerian Phonology - John Hayes
50. Burushaski Phonology - Gregory D. S. Anderson
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