DESCRIPTION:

This course is designed to introduce the student to the comparative grammar of the Semitic languages in the areas of phonology and morphology.

For students pursuing a course of study leading to an advanced degree in Semitic Languages and Literature, a knowledge of the comparative grammar of the Semitic languages is an important discipline to master. It provides the comparative and theoretical framework which forms the linguistic setting for the individual languages of the Semitic family.

Reading and discussion.

Moscati, S. et al. An Introduction to the Comparative Grammar of the Semitic Languages. Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz, 1964.

Goshen-Gottstein, M. H., ed. Comparative Semitic Linguistics. Jerusalem: Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Institute of Languages and Literature, 1976.

Readings in the text will be assigned for class discussion.

LG502 and a minimum of two of the following Semitic languages: Aramaic, Akkadian, Arabic, Ugaritic, Phoenician (West Semitic Texts).

LG845 (2 units) is intended for Th.M/Ph.D. students. LG545 (4 units) is intended for undergraduates who meet the course prerequisites and are admitted with special permission.

Yes.