Studies in Neo-Aramaic

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Publisher : BRILL
ISBN 13 : 9004369538
Total Pages : 227 pages
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Book Synopsis Studies in Neo-Aramaic by : Wolfhart Heinrichs

Download or read book Studies in Neo-Aramaic written by Wolfhart Heinrichs and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2018-08-14 with total page 227 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

A Grammar of Neo-Aramaic

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Publisher : BRILL
ISBN 13 : 9004305041
Total Pages : 608 pages
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Book Synopsis A Grammar of Neo-Aramaic by : Geoffrey Khan

Download or read book A Grammar of Neo-Aramaic written by Geoffrey Khan and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2015-11-02 with total page 608 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Being direct descendants of the Aramaic spoken by the Jews in antiquity, the still spoken Jewish Neo-Aramaic dialects of Kurdistan deserve special and vivid interest. Geoffrey Khan’s A Grammar of Neo-Aramaic is a unique record of one of these dialects, now on the verge of extinction. This volume, the result of extensive fieldwork, contains a description of the dialect spoken by the Jews from the region of Arbel (Iraqi Kurdistan), together with a transcription of recorded texts and a glossary. The grammar consists of sections on phonology, morphology and syntax, preceded by an introductory chapter examining the position of this dialect in relation to the other known Neo-Aramaic dialects. The transcribed texts record folktales and accounts of customs, traditions and experiences of the Jews of Kurdistan.

Studies in the Grammar and Lexicon of Neo-Aramaic

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Publisher : Open Book Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1783749504
Total Pages : 367 pages
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Book Synopsis Studies in the Grammar and Lexicon of Neo-Aramaic by : Geoffrey Khan

Download or read book Studies in the Grammar and Lexicon of Neo-Aramaic written by Geoffrey Khan and published by Open Book Publishers. This book was released on 2021-01-15 with total page 367 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Neo-Aramaic dialects are modern vernacular forms of Aramaic, which has a documented history in the Middle East of over 3,000 years. Due to upheavals in the Middle East over the last one hundred years, thousands of speakers of Neo-Aramaic dialects have been forced to migrate from their homes or have perished in massacres. As a result, the dialects are now highly endangered. The dialects exhibit a remarkable diversity of structures. Moreover, the considerable depth of attestation of Aramaic from earlier periods provides evidence for pathways of change. For these reasons the research of Neo-Aramaic is of importance for more general fields of linguistics, in particular language typology and historical linguistics. The papers in this volume represent the full range of research that is currently being carried out on Neo-Aramaic dialects. They advance the field in numerous ways. In order to allow linguists who are not specialists in Neo-Aramaic to benefit from the papers, the examples are fully glossed.

Attributive constructions in North-Eastern Neo-Aramaic

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Publisher : Language Science Press
ISBN 13 : 3961100810
Total Pages : 461 pages
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Book Synopsis Attributive constructions in North-Eastern Neo-Aramaic by : Ariel Gutman

Download or read book Attributive constructions in North-Eastern Neo-Aramaic written by Ariel Gutman and published by Language Science Press. This book was released on 2016 with total page 461 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This study is the first wide-scope morpho-syntactic comparative study of North-Eastern Neo-Aramaic dialects to date. Given the historical depth of Aramaic (almost 3 millennia) and the geographic span of the modern dialects, coming in contact with various Iranian, Turkic and Semitic languages, these dialects provide an almost pristine "laboratory" setting for examining language change from areal, typological and historical perspectives. While the study has a very wide coverage of dialects, including also contact languages (and especially Kurdish dialects), it focuses on a specific grammatical domain, namely attributive constructions, giving a theoretically motivated and empirically grounded account of their variation, distribution and development. The results will be enlightening not only to Semitists seeking to learn about this fascinating modern Semitic language group, but also for typologists and general linguists interested in the dynamics of noun phrase morphosyntax.

Cultures Studies in the Grammar and Lexicon of Neo-Aramaic

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ISBN 13 : 9781783749522
Total Pages : 511 pages
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Book Synopsis Cultures Studies in the Grammar and Lexicon of Neo-Aramaic by : Geoffrey Khan

Download or read book Cultures Studies in the Grammar and Lexicon of Neo-Aramaic written by Geoffrey Khan and published by . This book was released on 2021 with total page 511 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Studies in the Grammar and Lexicon of Neo-Aramaic

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ISBN 13 : 9781783749485
Total Pages : 542 pages
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Book Synopsis Studies in the Grammar and Lexicon of Neo-Aramaic by : Geoffrey Khan

Download or read book Studies in the Grammar and Lexicon of Neo-Aramaic written by Geoffrey Khan and published by . This book was released on 2021-01-15 with total page 542 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The papers in this volume represent the full range of research that is currently being carried out on Neo-Aramaic dialects.

The Neo-Aramaic Dialect of Barwar

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Publisher : BRILL
ISBN 13 : 9047443497
Total Pages : 2236 pages
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Book Synopsis The Neo-Aramaic Dialect of Barwar by : Geoffrey Khan

Download or read book The Neo-Aramaic Dialect of Barwar written by Geoffrey Khan and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2008-10-16 with total page 2236 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work, in three volumes, presents a detailed description the neo-Aramaic dialect of the Assyrian Christian community of the Barwar region in northern Iraq, which is now endangered. Volume one contains a description of the grammar of the dialect. Volume two contains an extensive glossary. Volume three contains transcriptions of recorded texts

The Neo-Aramaic Oral Heritage of the Jews of Zakho

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Publisher : Open Book Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1800643047
Total Pages : 370 pages
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Book Synopsis The Neo-Aramaic Oral Heritage of the Jews of Zakho by : Oz Aloni

Download or read book The Neo-Aramaic Oral Heritage of the Jews of Zakho written by Oz Aloni and published by Open Book Publishers. This book was released on 2022-02-10 with total page 370 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1951, the secluded Neo-Aramaic-speaking Jewish community of Zakho migrated collectively to Israel. It carried with it its unique language, culture and customs, many of which bore resemblance to those found in classical rabbinic literature. Like others in Kurdistan, for example, the Jews of Zakho retained a vibrant tradition of creating and performing songs based on embellishing biblical stories with Aggadic traditions. Despite the recent growth of scholarly interest into Neo-Aramaic communities, however, studies have to this point almost exclusively focused on the linguistic analysis of their critically endangered dialects and little attention has been paid to the sociological, historical and literary analysis of the cultural output of the diverse and isolated Neo-Aramaic communities of Kurdistan. In this innovative book, Oz Aloni seeks to redress this balance. Aloni focuses on three genres of the Zakho community’s oral heritage: the proverb, the enriched biblical narrative and the folktale. Each chapter draws on the author's own fieldwork among members of the Zakho community now living in Jerusalem. He examines the proverb in its performative context, the rewritten biblical narrative of Ruth, Naomi and King David, and a folktale with the unusual theme of magical gender transformation. Insightfully breaking down these examples with analysis drawn from a variety of conceptual fields, Aloni succeeds in his mission to put the speakers of the language and their culture on equal footing with their speech. The Martin Buber Society of Fellows at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem have kindly supported the publication of this volume

A Grammar of the Christian Neo-Aramaic Dialect of Diyana-Zariwaw

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Publisher : BRILL
ISBN 13 : 9004290338
Total Pages : 613 pages
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Book Synopsis A Grammar of the Christian Neo-Aramaic Dialect of Diyana-Zariwaw by : Lidia Napiorkowska

Download or read book A Grammar of the Christian Neo-Aramaic Dialect of Diyana-Zariwaw written by Lidia Napiorkowska and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2015-02-24 with total page 613 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A study of a Neo-Aramaic variety by Lidia Napiorkowska in this volume is a contribution to the documentation of spoken Aramaic, covering the phonological, morphological and syntactic notions of the dialect.

The Neo-Aramaic Dialect of the Assyrian Christians of Urmi (4 vols)

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Publisher : BRILL
ISBN 13 : 9004313931
Total Pages : 1921 pages
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Book Synopsis The Neo-Aramaic Dialect of the Assyrian Christians of Urmi (4 vols) by : Geoffrey Khan

Download or read book The Neo-Aramaic Dialect of the Assyrian Christians of Urmi (4 vols) written by Geoffrey Khan and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2016-06-10 with total page 1921 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work is a documentation of the Neo-Aramaic dialect spoken by Assyrian Christians in the region of Urmi (northwestern-Iran). It consists of four volumes: Volume 1 and 2—grammar, Volume 3—study of the lexicon and full dictionary, Volume 4—transcriptions of oral texts.

The Semitic Languages

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Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1136115803
Total Pages : 594 pages
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Book Synopsis The Semitic Languages by : John Huehnergard

Download or read book The Semitic Languages written by John Huehnergard and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-10-08 with total page 594 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Semitic Languages presents a unique, comprehensive survey of individual languages or language clusters from their origins in antiquity to their present-day forms. The Semitic family occupies a position of great historical and linguistic significance: the spoken and written languages of the Phoenicians, Hebrews and Arabs spread throughout Asia and northern and central Africa; the Old Semitic civilizations in turn contributed significantly to European culture; and modern Hebrew, modern literary Arabic, Amharic, and Tigrinya have become their nations' official languages. The book is divided into three parts and each chapter presents a self-contained article, written by a recognized expert in the field. * I. General Issues: providing an introduction to the grammatical traditions, subgrouping and writing systems of this language family. * II. Old Semitic Languages * III. Modern Semitic Languages Parts II and III contain structured chapters, which enable the reader to access and compare information easily. These individual descriptions of each language or cluster include phonology, morphology, syntax, lexis and dialects. Suggestions are made for the most useful sources of further reading and the work is comprehensively indexed.

Comparative Lexical Studies in Neo-Mandaic

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Publisher : BRILL
ISBN 13 : 9004257055
Total Pages : 243 pages
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Book Synopsis Comparative Lexical Studies in Neo-Mandaic by : Hezy Mutzafi

Download or read book Comparative Lexical Studies in Neo-Mandaic written by Hezy Mutzafi and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2014-02-20 with total page 243 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Neo-Mandaic is the last phase of a pre-modern vernacular closely related to Classical Mandaic, a Mesopotamian Aramaic idiom of Late Antiquity. This unique language is critically endangered, being spoken by a few hundred adherents of Mandaeism, the only gnostic religion to have survived until the present day. All other Mandaeans, numbering several tens of thousands, are Arabic or Persian speakers. The present study concerns the least known aspect of the language, namely its lexicon as reflected in both its dialects, those of the cities of Ahvaz and Khorramshahr in the Iranian province of Khuzestan. Apart from lexicological and etymological studies in Neo-Mandaic itself, the book discusses the contribution of the Neo-Mandaic lexis to our knowledge of literary Mandaic as well as aspects of this lexis within the framework of Neo-Aramaic as a whole.

Ergativity and Other Alignment Types in Neo-Aramaic

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Publisher : BRILL
ISBN 13 : 9004448187
Total Pages : 454 pages
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Book Synopsis Ergativity and Other Alignment Types in Neo-Aramaic by : Paul M. Noorlander

Download or read book Ergativity and Other Alignment Types in Neo-Aramaic written by Paul M. Noorlander and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2021-08-24 with total page 454 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The alignment splits in the Neo-Aramaic languages display a considerable degree of diversity, especially in terms of agreement. While earlier studies have generally oversimplified the actual state of affairs, Paul M. Noorlander offers a meticulous and clear account of nearly all microvariation documented so far, addressing all relevant morphosyntactic phenomena. By means of fully glossed and translated examples, the author shows that this vast variation in morphological alignment, including ergativity, is unexpected from a functional typological perspective. He argues the alignment splits are rather the outcome of several construction-specific processes such as internal system harmonization and grammaticalization, as well as language contact.

Neo-Aramaic Dialect Studies

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Publisher : Gorgias PressLlc
ISBN 13 : 9781593334239
Total Pages : 204 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (342 download)

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Book Synopsis Neo-Aramaic Dialect Studies by : Geoffrey Khan

Download or read book Neo-Aramaic Dialect Studies written by Geoffrey Khan and published by Gorgias PressLlc. This book was released on 2008 with total page 204 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Contains a collection of papers on various aspects of the grammar of Neo-Aramaic, with special attention to the North Eastern Neo-Aramaic dialect group. This title features papers that include descriptions of many hitherto undescribed dialects, including those of Tyare, Sat, Calla, Barwar, Karamlesh, Telkepe, Peshabur and those of the Aqra region.

The Jewish Neo-Aramaic Dialect of Am?dya

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ISBN 13 : 9004182578
Total Pages : 377 pages
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Book Synopsis The Jewish Neo-Aramaic Dialect of Am?dya by : Jared Greenblatt

Download or read book The Jewish Neo-Aramaic Dialect of Am?dya written by Jared Greenblatt and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2010-12-07 with total page 377 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work is a linguistic description of an obsolescent dialect of Neo-Aramaic. The dialect was originally spoken by Jews residing in the village of Am?dya (a.k.a Amadiya) in modern-day northern Iraq. Included are edited transcriptions and translations of a selection of texts recorded in the dialect on a variety of topics and in a variety of genres, including folk-tales and oral history.

Studies in Semitic Vocalisation and Reading Traditions

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Publisher : Open Book Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1783749377
Total Pages : 713 pages
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Book Synopsis Studies in Semitic Vocalisation and Reading Traditions by : Aaron Hornkohl

Download or read book Studies in Semitic Vocalisation and Reading Traditions written by Aaron Hornkohl and published by Open Book Publishers. This book was released on 2020-06-01 with total page 713 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume brings together papers relating to the pronunciation of Semitic languages and the representation of their pronunciation in written form. The papers focus on sources representative of a period that stretches from late antiquity until the Middle Ages. A large proportion of them concern reading traditions of Biblical Hebrew, especially the vocalisation notation systems used to represent them. Also discussed are orthography and the written representation of prosody. Beyond Biblical Hebrew, there are studies concerning Punic, Biblical Aramaic, Syriac, and Arabic, as well as post-biblical traditions of Hebrew such as piyyuṭ and medieval Hebrew poetry. There were many parallels and interactions between these various language traditions and the volume demonstrates that important insights can be gained from such a wide range of perspectives across different historical periods.

The Neo-Aramaic Dialect of Qaraqosh

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Publisher : BRILL
ISBN 13 : 9004348581
Total Pages : 776 pages
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Book Synopsis The Neo-Aramaic Dialect of Qaraqosh by : Geoffrey Khan

Download or read book The Neo-Aramaic Dialect of Qaraqosh written by Geoffrey Khan and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2017-07-03 with total page 776 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Containing a detailed grammatical description of the spoken Aramaic dialect of the Christian community in the town of Qaraqosh, which lies on the Mosul plain in Northern Iraq, this volume also includes a transcription of oral texts recorded in the dialect. The grammar is based on extensive fieldwork carried out among native speakers. It consists of sections on phonology, morphology and syntax. There is also a study of semantic fields in the lexicon of the dialect and full glossaries of lexical items. This Aramaic dialect has never been described before. It is one of the most archaic dialects in group known as North Eastern Neo-Aramaic that contains many features that have not been found in other dialects. These include several lexical elements that are not found in earlier literary Aramaic but can be traced back to Akkadian and Sumerian. Knowledge of the dialect is now being lost among the younger generations, so this volume is an important linguistic record.