Studies in Semitic and Afroasiatic Linguistics Presented to Gene B Gragg (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781885923417)

Professor Gene B Gragg's unbounded intellectual curiosity and rigorous linguistic method have served as a bridge between the often disparate fields of Semitic philology and linguistics, between the various sub-disciplines that study the ancient Near East, between the study of ancient languages by means of scribal corpora and modern languages by means of language helpers, and between users and developers of computer programs for linguistic and text analysis. In so doing he has inspired a generation of students and colleagues to new vistas and greater horizons. All but one of the essays in this volume were originally presented at a symposium at the Oriental Institute on May 21-22, 2004, in honour of his retirement. The symposium was centered around Semitic and comparative Semitic linguistics, the areas of inquiry of most of Professor Gragg's students; two other papers at the symposium (those by Bender and Militarev) directed our attention to his comparative Afroasiatic interests. An additional paper by Rebecca Hasselbach, who was recently hired to teach Comparative Semitics at the Oriental Institute, rounds off the volume.

Author: Cynthia L. Miller
ISBN-10: 1885923414
ISBN-13: 9781885923417
Publisher: Institute for the Study of Ancient Cultures
Language: English
Published: 11/01/2007
Pages: 216
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.71lbs
Size: 11.70h x 8.98w x 0.52d

Review Citation(s):
Reference and Research Bk News 05/01/2008 pg. 306