Download or read book Parallels in Semitic Linguistics written by David Testen and published by BRILL. This book was released on 1998 with total page 252 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Through an examination of the Arabic emphasizing particle "la-" and a set of elements in the other Semitic languages to which it is akin, this study investigates the early Semitic sonorant phonemes and their development in the descendant languages.