Print version: Posegay, Nick Points of Contact Cambridge, UK : Open Book Publishers,c2021 ISBN 9781800642973
Intro -- Acknowledgements -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Conceptualising Vowels -- 3. Early Relative Vowel Phonology -- 4. The Development of Absolute Vowel Naming -- 5. Conclusion -- 6. Glossary of Selected Vocalisation Terminology -- References -- Index.
This book investigates the theories behind Semitic vocalisation and vowel phonology in the early medieval Middle East, tracing their evolution to identify points of intellectual contact between Syriac, Arabic, and Hebrew linguists before the twelfth century..