Archibald Henry Sayce An Assyrian Grammar (Paperback) (UK IMPORT)

Description: Further DetailsTitle: An Assyrian GrammarCondition: NewSubtitle: For Comparative PurposesEAN: 9781108077927ISBN: 9781108077927Publisher: Cambridge University PressFormat: PaperbackRelease Date: 10/30/2014Description: Archibald Henry Sayce (1845–1933) became interested in Middle Eastern languages and scripts while still a teenager. Old Persian and Akkadian cuneiform had recently been deciphered, and at the same time Indo-European studies had emerged as a lively field, with publications by scholars including Grimm, Bopp and Schleicher. Assyrian offered opportunities to historians of the Semitic languages similar to those provided by Avestan to Indo-Europeanists, and Sayce's grammar, published in 1872, was aimed at such an audience. Only transliteration was used, as cuneiform would be both expensive and redundant for philological purposes. In his preface, Sayce acknowledges the recent work of Oppert, Hincks, and Smith (whose translation of part of the epic tale of Gilgamesh attracted considerable publicity later that year). Sayce considers the place of Assyrian in the Semitic language family and its development over time, and reviews the archaeological evidence and scholarly literature, before presenting its phonology, morphology, syntax and prosody.Language: EnglishCountry/Region of Manufacture: GBItem Height: 216mmItem Length: 140mmItem Width: 12mmItem Weight: 270gAuthor: Archibald Henry SayceGenre: Language & ReferenceBook Series: Cambridge Library Collection - LinguisticsRelease Year: 2014 Missing Information?Please contact us if any details are missing and where possible we will add the information to our listing.

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