caa a22 4500 386323208 CHVBK 20180307111634.0 cr unu---uuuuu 161130e198906 xx s 000 0 eng 10.1017/S0041977X0003545X doi S0041977X0003545X pii (NATIONALLICENCE)cambridge-10.1017/S0041977X0003545X Sims-Williams Nicholas New studies on the verbal system of Old and Middle Iranian [Elektronische Daten] [Nicholas Sims-Williams] Despite the similar titles of the two books reviewed here, they are very different in aims and scope. While Samadi's book is primarily an etymological dictionary of verb forms, Kellens's is in effect the first volume of a comprehensive Avestan grammar, as a companion to which the author promises ‘ in the near future' (p. 435) a complete lexicon of the Avestan verb. What they do have in common, in addition to the relationship in subject-matter indicated by their titles, is a comprehensiveness which ensures that they will both become standard works of reference. It is this characteristic above all which seems to justify reviewing them in more than usual detail. Copyright © School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London 1989 Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies Cambridge University Press 52/2(1989-06), 255-264 0041-977X 52:2<255 1989 52 BSO https://doi.org/10.1017/S0041977X0003545X text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1017/S0041977X0003545X text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 100 1- Sims-Williams Nicholas NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies Cambridge University Press 52/2(1989-06), 255-264 0041-977X 52:2<255 1989 52 BSO CC0 http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0 nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-cambridge