Download or read book Current Issues in the Analysis of Semitic Grammar and Lexicon I written by Lutz Edzard and published by Otto Harrassowitz. This book was released on 2005 with total page 253 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This collection of articles emanates from the panel Current Issues in the Analysis of Semitic Grammar and Lexicon, which was held at the University of Oslo on June 3 and 4, 2004 in cooperation with the University of Gothenburg. The papers collected in this volume cover theoretical perspectives on comparative Semitic, Arabic, and Hebrew linguistics to the practical application of philological methods to ancient, medieval, and modern texts. The contributions are ordered in three sections: I. Afroasiatic, Comparative Semitic, and Arabic; II. Native Arabic Grammatical Theory and Modern Linguistic and Literary Theory Applied to Arabic; and III. Classical Hebrew and Aramaic. The contributors are: Andrzej Zaborski, Krakow; Jan Retso, Gothenburg; Kjell Magne Yri , Oslo; Lutz Edzard, Oslo; Ramzi Baalbaki, Beirut; Pierre Larcher, Aix-en-Provence; Rasoul al-Khafaji, Gothenburg; Helene Kammensjo, Gothenburg; Judith Josephson, Gothenburg, Werner Diem, Koln; Rolf Furuli, Oslo; Hallvard Hagelia, Kristiansand.