| CODE | NES2005 | ||||||
| TITLE | Comparative Semitics | ||||||
| UM LEVEL | 02 - Years 2, 3 in Modular Undergraduate Course | ||||||
| MQF LEVEL | 5 | ||||||
| ECTS CREDITS | 6 | ||||||
| DEPARTMENT | Middle Eastern and Asian Languages and Cultures | ||||||
| DESCRIPTION | This is an introductory study-unit in Semitic phonology, morphology, and lexicon. Various Semitic languages are taken into consideration from the comparative perspective. The study-unit is based on a number of practical tasks which involve students handling comparative Semitic data. This empirical approach enables students to better understand the typological relationships characterizing the Semitic languages. Study-unit Aims 1. To introduce students to the main phonological, morphological and lexical features characterizing the Semitic languages; 2. To enable students to handle Semitic data in a practical manner and make their own conclusions about the underlying Semitic typological affiliations. Learning Outcomes 1. Knowledge & Understanding: By the end of the study-unit the student will be able to: 1. comprehend a number of phonological, morphological and lexical features underlying various Semitic languages; 2. identify a number of discriminating phonological, morphological and lexical features which are at the basis of Semitic typological affiliations. 2. Skills: By the end of the study-unit the student will be able to: 1. have a synoptic perspective of phonological, morphological and lexical mechanisms characterizing the Semitic group of languages. Main Text/s and any supplementary readings Bennett, P.R.1998. Comparative Semitic linguistics, Winona Lake. Bergsträsser, G. 1983. Introduction to the Semitic languages, translated with notes by P.T.Daniels, Winona Lake: Eisenbrauns. Hetzron, R. (ed.), 1997. The Semitic languages, London. Lipinski, E. 1997. Semitic languages: Outline of a comparative grammar, Louvain. Moscati, S. et al. 1969. An introduction to the comparative grammar of the Semitic languages, Wiesbaden. Rubin, A.D. 2010. A Brief introduction to the Semitic Languages, Gorgias Press. |
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| STUDY-UNIT TYPE | Lecture | ||||||
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| LECTURER/S | Martin R. Zammit |
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