Burning issues in Afro-Asiatic linguistics /

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Meeting name:	Australian Workshop on Afro-Asiatic Linguistics (1st : 2009 : Brisbane, Qld.)
Imprint:	Newcastle upon Tyne, UK : Cambridge Scholars, 2012.
Description:	387 p. : ill., col. maps ; 21 cm
Language:	English
Subject:	Afroasiatic languages -- Congresses. Linguistics -- Congresses. Semitic languages -- Congresses. Afroasiatic languages. Linguistics. Conference papers and proceedings.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/9108221

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Other authors / contributors:	Zuckermann, Ghil'ad.
ISBN:	9781443840705 (hbk.) 144384070X (hbk.)
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references.
Summary:	This refereed volume is a collection of scholarly articles resulting from research conducted for the first international Australian Workshop on Afro-Asiatic Linguistics (AWAAL), held on 11-13th September, 2009 at the State Library of Queensland.

Table of Contents:

Chapter 1. Introduction: Bridging the Different Disciplines in the Area of Afro-Asiatic Linguistics
I. Cushitic, Berber, Semitic, Omotic and Proto-Afro-Asiatic
Chapter 2. Negation in Highland East Cushitic
Chapter 3. From Proto-Berber to Proto-Afroasiatic
Chapter 4. Construct State Nominals as Semantic Predicates
Chapter 5. Ancient Aramaic and its Use in the Biblical Translation, Targum Onqelos
Chapter 6. Addressing Strangers in Riyadh
Chapter 7. Meeting the Prince of Darkness: A Semantic Analysis of English The Devil, Arabic Ashshaytan, and Hebrew Hasatan
Chapter 8. Omotic Lexicon in its Afro-Asiatic Setting II: Omotic *b- with Nasals, *r, *l, and Weak Consonants
II. Asiatic Etymology versus Etymythology
Chapter 9. A Syllabic Melodic Structure in a Japanese Obon Song: A Probable Hebrew-Aramaic Narrative
Chapter 10. Asia at Both Ends: An Introduction to Etymythology, with a Response to Chapter Nine

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