The Modern Amharic Language
Moscow: "Nauka" Publishing House, Central Department of Oriental Literature, 1976. Softcover. 8vo. 119,[1]pp. Original printed wraps. Ex libris of Wolf Leslau, the famous expert on Semitic languages and former Professor of UCLA, on inside of front cover. "The Modern Amharic Language is a book describing Ethiopia's state language. Special attention is paid to its phonetics and morphology. When describing the structure of modern Amharic, which differs considerably from the structure of the old-type Semitic languages, a place of prominence is given to word-formation and to complicated and insufficiently explored phenomena, such as gemination, stress, structure of the syllable, the consonant system, phonemes, and the verbal system. The book also features extracts of original text, its translation, a lexico-grammatical commentary and a bibliography." Translated from the Russian by E. H. Tsipan. Part of the series "Languages of Asia and Africa." Very minor age wear, scuffing, staining and creasing on wraps. Wrappers in good, interior in very good condition. From the last library of Professor Leslau. g. Item #27282
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