28.2563, Books: The Unity of Hamito-Semitic and Sumerian Language Families: Makki

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Date: Sun, 11 Jun 2017 21:17:17
From: Ulrich Lüders [contact at lincom.eu]
Subject: The Unity of Hamito-Semitic and Sumerian Language Families: Makki

 


Title: The Unity of Hamito-Semitic and Sumerian Language Families 
Subtitle: A comparative study of their sound, lexical and grammatical syst 
Series Title: LINCOM Etymologial Studies 07  

Publication Year: 2017 
Publisher: Lincom GmbH
	   http://www.lincom-shop.eu
	

Book URL: http://lincom-shop.eu/LES-07The-Unity-of-Hamito-Semitic-and-Sumerian-Language-Families-en 


Author: El Rabih Makki

Hardback: ISBN:  9783862887972 Pages: 282 Price: Europe EURO 148.00


Abstract:

The aim of the present research is to conclusively demonstrate a genetic
relationship between Sumerian and Hamito-Semitic language families. Sumerian
is a language with a relatively few roots but very numerous compound and
complex words. Hence, its basic lexical unit is the compound and complex words
rather than the individual word. The findings of this research show clearly
that both families have in common nearly all indispensible grammatical
elements and roots as well as compound and complex words. This is, however,
not all. The constituent elements forming Sumerian compound and complex words
are also Hamito-Semitic. The research pays attention to Sumerian polysemes to
check whether they have the same historical origin and brings out many
linguistic phenomena found in Sumerian and explain them. Moreover, it
re-examines the typological classification of languages, and the hard evidence
presented from world’s language families suggests a drastic revision of it. 

The incredible similarities between Sumerian and Hamito-Semitic on all levels
of structure can neither be due to chance nor to borrowing. The only plausible
explanation is a common source in which such similarities are found.
 



Linguistic Field(s): Anthropological Linguistics
                     Typology

Subject Language(s): Sumerian (sux)

Language Family(ies): Afroasiatic


Written In: English  (eng)

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