Cowper Harris. The Principles of Syriac Grammar (Translated and Abridged from the Work of Dr. Hoffmann)

Год издания: 2011.
Количество страниц: 204.
Язык: English.Those who enter upon the study of a foreign language must have a Grammar, which should be neither expensive and voluminous, nor meagre and unsatisfactory. Equally undesirable is it that it should be itself in a foreign tongue. When a man is well grounded in the principles of a language he is in a position to appreciate larger works, but not before. Now I have found that the Syriac Grammars at present in use, are either expensive, voluminous, in a foreign tongue, or meagre and unsatisfactory; I have therefore carefully translated and abridged the well known work of Dr. Hoffmann, which although not perfect, is the best of existing Syriac Grammars. I have carefully avoided omitting anything necessary to the student,- and I have often introduced corrections or additions of my own. The arrangement is wholly new, and has been adopted for facility of reference.