This modest book is not a source for comparative Semitic grammar and lexicon. Though the word lists and appendixes would be useful adjuncts to a comparative Semitic handbook, this is designed rather as a collection of tools for Semitic reconstruction.
As the title indicates, this unique resource is a manual on comparative linguistics, with the examples taken exclusively from Semitic languages. It is an innovative volume that recalls the earlier tradition of textbooks of comparative philology, which, however, exclusively treated Indo-European languages. It is suited for students with at least a year of a Semitic language. By far the largest c…