The Semitic case system: basic evidence and traditional reconstruction -- Linguistic typology -- Grammatical roles and the alignment of Semitic -- Head- and dependent-marking in Semitic -- The function of case markers in Semitic
Summary
This volume reconstructs the Semitic case system, based on a detailed analysis of the expression of grammatical roles and relations in the attested Semitic languages. It brings typological methods to bear on the study of comparative Semitics and includes detailed analyses of a wide range of data
