Lectures upon the Assyrian Language and Syllabary: Delivered To Students Of The Archaic Classes - Brossura

Sayce, Archibald Henry

 
9781108077750: Lectures upon the Assyrian Language and Syllabary: Delivered To Students Of The Archaic Classes

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These lectures, published in 1877, take students through the syllabary, phonology, pronouns, verbs and syntax of Assyrian.

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The philologist Archibald Henry Sayce (1845–1933) had studied Middle Eastern languages and scripts since adolescence. These engaging lectures, given in 1875 and 1876, were first published in 1877. They take students through the syllabary, phonology, pronouns, verbs and syntax of Assyrian, helping to overcome 'repellent difficulties'.

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Preface; 1. Introduction; 2. The syllabary; 3. The syllabary (cont.); 4. The propagation of the syllabary; 5. Assyrian phonology; 6. The pronouns; 7. The verb; 8. Assyrian syntax; 9. Affinities of Assyrian and the origin of Semitic culture.

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