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Jan Retsö
Professor of Arabic, University of Gothenburg

Jan Retsö received his Ph.D. from the University of Gothenburg in 1983 for the thesis The Finite Passive
Voice in Modern Arabic Dialects (Orientalia Gothoburgensia 7). He was appointed Professor of Arabic at
the University of Gothenburg in 1986. His publications include the monographs Diathesis in the Semitic
Languages: A Comparative Morphological Study (Leiden 1989; Studies in Semitic Languages and
Linguistics, vol. xiv), 254 pp.; The Arabs in Antiquity: Their History from the Assyrians to the Umayyads
(London/New York: Routledge/Curzon, 2003), 684 pp.

Retsö has been a Fellow at the Swedish Collegium for Advanced Study, Uppsala (spring 2000); a Fellow at
the Institute for Advanced Studies, the ...more

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	The Arabs in Antiquity: Their History from the Assyrians to the Umayyads 4.38 avg rating — 16 ratings — published 2002 — 12 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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	Current Issues in the Analysis of Semitic Grammar and Lexicon I: Oslo-Goteborg Cooperation 3rd-5th June 2004 (Abhandlungen Fur die Kunde Des Morgenlandes) by Lutz Edzard (Editor), Jan Retso (Editor) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2006	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Current Issues in the Analysis of Semitic Grammar and Lexicon II: Oslo-Goteborg Cooperation 4th-5th November 2005 by Lutz Edzard (Editor), Jan Retso (Editor) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2007	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Relative Clauses and Genitive Construction in Semitic by Janet C.E. Watson (Editor), Jan Retso (Editor) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2009	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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