The Mehri Language of Oman

by Aaron Rubin

Overview

This volume contains a detailed grammatical description of the Omani dialect of Mehri, an unwritten Semitic language of the Modern South Arabian group. It is the first complete grammar of any Modern South Arabian language in a hundred years, and the first ever Mehri grammar based on the Omani dialect, making it an important contribution to the field of Semitic studies in general. Topics in phonology, all aspects of morphology, and a variety of syntactic features are covered in this volume. The grammar is based on texts collected by T.M. Johnstone, and published by H. Stroomer.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9789004182639
Publisher:	Brill Academic Publishers, Inc.
Publication date:	05/17/2010
Series:	Studies in Semitic Languages and Linguistics Series , #58
Pages:	364
Product dimensions:	6.50(w) x 9.60(h) x 1.00(d)

About the Author

Aaron D. Rubin, Ph.D. (2004) Harvard University, is an Associate Professor at Penn State University. He has published widely on the Semitic languages, including two previous books, as well as numerous articles and book chapters.

Editorial Reviews

Overall, this volume is a solid description of Omani Mehri morphology for semiticists, which goes beyond Johnstone’s (1987) original description. Hopefully this publication will lead to more interest in the endangered South Arabian languages and provide a springboard for further documentation and preservation efforts as well as work on the influence of Arabic on Mehri and other South Arabian languages.

Kevin Schluter, LINGUISTLIST, October 2011.

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