《Current Trends in Linguistics Volume 6 Linguistics in South West Asia and North Africa》

PART ONE：INDO-EUROPEAN LANGUAGES OF THE AREA1

Indo-European Languages：An Overview＆by Herbert H．Paper3

A：Iranian Languages7

Old Iranian＆by Emile Benveniste9

Middle Iranian＆by Mark J．Dresden26

Persian and Tajik＆by Gilbert Lazard64

Other Iranian Languages＆by Georges Redard97

B：Armenian137

Diachronic Armenian＆by Robert Godel139

Synchronic Armenian＆by M．J．Connolly160

PART TWO：ALTAIC LANGUAGES177

Altaic Languages：An Overview＆by John R．Krueger179

Turkish＆by G．Hazai183

Irano-Altaistica：Turkish and Mongolian Languages of Persia and Afghanistan＆by Gerhard Doerfer217

PART THREE：AFROASIATIC LANGUAGES235

Afroasiatic：An Overview＆by Carleton T．Hodge237

A：Semitic255

The Semitic Languages：An Overview＆by Gene M．Schramm257

Comparative Semitics＆by Edward Ullendorff261

Akkadian＆by Erica Reiner274

Hebrew＆by Chaim Rabin304

Aramaic＆by Eduard Yechezkel Kutscher347

Classical Arabic＆by Carolyn G．Killean413

Spoken Arabic＆by Peter F．Abboud439

Ethiopic and South Arabian＆by Wolf Leslau467

B：Other Languages529

Egyptian＆by J．Vergote531

Coptic＆by H．J．Polotsky558

Cushitic＆by F．R．Palmer571

The Berber Languages＆by Joseph R．Applegate586

PART FOUR：REGIONAL LANGUAGE ISSUES AND STUDIES663

Regional Language Issues and Studies：An Overview＆by Charles A．Ferguson665

Iran and Afghanistan＆by Ehsan Yar-Shater669

Language Education in Arab Countries and the Role of the Academies＆by Salih J．Altoma690

Language Study in Israel＆by Jacob M．Landau721

Linguistics and Language Issues in Turkey＆by G．Hazai746

BIOGRAPHICAL NOTES759

INDEX OF LANGUAGE NAMES767

INDEX OF NAMES778