Ancient Egyptian Phonology
Ancient Egyptian Phonology
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In Ancient Egyptian Phonology. James Allen studies the sounds of the language spoken by the ancient Egyptians through application of the most recent methodological advances for phonological reconstruction. Using the internal evidence of the language, he proceeds from individual vowels and consonants to the sound of actual ancient Egyptian texts. Allen also explores variants, alternants, and the development of sound in texts, and touches on external evidence from Afroasiatic cognate languages. The most up to date work on this topic, Ancient Egyptian Phonology is an essential resource for Egyptologists and will also be of interest to scholars and linguists of African and Semitic languages.
- The author is one of the top authorities on Ancient Egyptian language and the author of several books on this topic, among them, Middle Egyptian, now in its third edition
- New, up to date methodology is used, which enables reconstruction of the sound of Ancient Egyptian
- Prioritizes language-internal evidence, allowing Egyptian to be understood independently of related languages
Product details
March 2020Hardback
9781108485555
242 pages
222 × 146 × 16 mm
0.43kg
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Table of Contents
- Part I. Phonemes and Sounds:
- 1. Coptic
- 2. Demotic
- 3. Late Egyptian
- 4. Middle Egyptian
- 5. Old Egyptian
- 6. Phonemes and sounds
- 7. Phonoactics
- 8. Prosody
- 9. Dialects
- Part II. Phonological Analysis:
- 10. Verb roots and stems
- 11. Verb forms
- 12. y in the pyramid texts
- 13. Vocalizing Egyptian.
