2017 Ullendorff Semitic Philology Lecture: Modern South Arabian and Comparative Semitics

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• Prof. Aaron Rubin, Penn State University
• Thursday 18 May 2017, 17:00-19:00
• Rooms 8 & 9, Faculty of Asian & Middle Eastern Studies.

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Discovered only the the 19th century, the six Modern South Arabian languages of Yemen and Oman are among the least well known of all the Semitic languages. This lecture will include a description of some of the characteristic features of these languages, as well as samples of oral texts. Special attention will be given to how these languages relate to the rest of the Semitic family, and why they are important for comparative Semitic studies.

This talk is part of the Cambridge Language Sciences series.

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• Cambridge Forum of Science and Humanities
• Cambridge Language Sciences
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• Rooms 8 & 9, Faculty of Asian & Middle Eastern Studies

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