The Structure of Mehri

By Janet C.E. Watson

Mehri is the most widely spoken of the six Modern South Arabian languages, with populations in eastern Yemen, western Oman, the southern fringes of Saudi Arabia, and parts of the Gulf. The Structure of Mehri is a comprehensive linguistic description of two major Mehri dialect groups: Mahriyot, the eastern Yemeni dialect of Mehri spoken in Hawf, and Mehreyyet, the Mehri of the Omani Najd. It provides the first description of Mahriyot, complementing Wagner (1953), which examines Mehriyet, the western Yemeni dialect of Mehri, and extending Rubin (2010), which deals with Mehreyyet.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3447067365
• ISBN13: 9783447067362
• Release Date: August 2012
• Publisher: Harrassowitz
• Length: 479 Pages
• Weight: 2.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.6" x 7.0" x 9.6"