37.379, Books: A Descriptive Grammar of Bəṭaḥrēt (Baṭḥari): Morris and Gasparini (2025)

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Date: 27-Jan-2026
From: Harrassowitz Verlag [verlag at harrassowitz.de]
Subject: A Descriptive Grammar of Bəṭaḥrēt (Baṭḥari): Morris and Gasparini (2025)


Title: A Descriptive Grammar of Bəṭaḥrēt (Baṭḥari)
Series Title: Semitica Viva 66
Publication Year: 2025

Publisher: Otto Harrassowitz GmbH & Co. KG, Harrassowitz Verlag / The
Publishing House
           http://www.harrassowitz-verlag.de
Book URL:
https://www.harrassowitz-verlag.de/A_descriptive_grammar_of_B%C9%99%E1%B9%ADa%E1%B8%A5r%C4%93t_%28Ba%E1%B9%AD%E1%B8%A5ari%29/titel_8509.ahtml

Author(s): Miranda Morris, Fabio Gasparini

Hardback
ISBN: 9783447123884
E-Book-ISBN: 9783447396844
Price: each € 98.00

Abstract:

This volume presents the first comprehensive grammatical description
of Bəṭaḥrēt (also known as Baṭḥari), one of the least documented and
most endangered modern South Arabian languages, spoken by a once
remote and marginalised community in southern Oman. Drawing on decades
of fieldwork by Miranda Morris and more recent linguistic analysis by
Fabio Gasparini, the grammar offers a detailed account of the
phonology, morphology, syntax, and sociolinguistic context of this
unique language.
The small Bəṭaḥrēt-speaking community, once coastal fisherfolk with a
distinct identity, now only speaks Arabic. The grammar reflects not
only a linguistic system in decline, but also a cultural heritage at
risk of disappearing. Special care has been taken to present the data
clearly and typologically in order to make it accessible to readers
beyond the field of Semitic studies. Rich in examples and based on
extensive recordings and notes, this grammar is an invaluable resource
for linguists, anthropologists and historians interested in endangered
languages, Semitic linguistics, and Arabian Peninsula ethnography.

Linguistic Field(s): Anthropological Linguistics
                     Language Documentation
                     Morphology
                     Typology

Written In: English (eng)



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