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Author |
: Anas Abou-Ismail |
Publisher |
: Cambridge Scholars Publishing |
Total Pages |
: 705 |
Release |
: 2020-05-07 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781527550469 |
ISBN-13 |
: 152755046X |
Rating |
: 4/5 (69 Downloads) |
Synopsis Western Neo-Aramaic by : Anas Abou-Ismail
Western Neo-Aramaic is the last surviving branch of the Western Aramaic language, once the primary spoken language of Syria and the Levant. Other branches of Western Aramaic, including Jewish Palestinian Aramaic, Palmyrene Aramaic, and Nabatean Aramaic, are now extinct. Hidden in the Qalamun Mountains and shielded by layers of snow and fog, the village of Jubaadin has kept this language alive for thousands of years. With a population of about four to five thousand, Jubaadin is the largest of three Syrian villages that speak Western Neo-Aramaic. Years of war and decades of exposure to other languages have placed the language at a great risk of extinction. This book explores the Western Neo-Aramaic language as spoken in the village. It includes a detailed analysis of Western Neo-Aramaic grammar and many texts and poems written by native speakers. The final section of the book is a thorough etymological dictionary of the Western Neo-Aramaic vocabulary.
Author |
: Geoffrey Khan |
Publisher |
: BRILL |
Total Pages |
: 608 |
Release |
: 2015-11-02 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9789004305045 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9004305041 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (45 Downloads) |
Synopsis A Grammar of Neo-Aramaic by : Geoffrey Khan
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.
Author |
: Geoffrey Khan |
Publisher |
: Open Book Publishers |
Total Pages |
: 367 |
Release |
: 2021-01-15 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781783749508 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1783749504 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (08 Downloads) |
Synopsis Studies in the Grammar and Lexicon of Neo-Aramaic by : Geoffrey Khan
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.
Author |
: Anas Abou-Ismail |
Publisher |
: Cambridge Scholars Publishing |
Total Pages |
: 705 |
Release |
: 2019-07 |
ISBN-10 |
: 1527533522 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9781527533523 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (22 Downloads) |
Synopsis Western Neo-Aramaic by : Anas Abou-Ismail
Western Neo-Aramaic is the last surviving branch of the Western Aramaic language, once the primary spoken language of Syria and the Levant. Other branches of Western Aramaic, including Jewish Palestinian Aramaic, Palmyrene Aramaic, and Nabatean Aramaic, are now extinct. Hidden in the Qalamun Mountains and shielded by layers of snow and fog, the village of Jubaadin has kept this language alive for thousands of years. With a population of about four to five thousand, Jubaadin is the largest of three Syrian villages that speak Western Neo-Aramaic. Years of war and decades of exposure to other languages have placed the language at a great risk of extinction. This book explores the Western Neo-Aramaic language as spoken in the village. It includes a detailed analysis of Western Neo-Aramaic grammar and many texts and poems written by native speakers. The final section of the book is a thorough etymological dictionary of the Western Neo-Aramaic vocabulary.
Author |
: George Ruskallah |
Publisher |
: |
Total Pages |
: 480 |
Release |
: 2013 |
ISBN-10 |
: 3864170192 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9783864170195 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (92 Downloads) |
Synopsis Western Neo-Aramaic Vocabulary by : George Ruskallah
Author |
: Wolfhart Heinrichs |
Publisher |
: BRILL |
Total Pages |
: 227 |
Release |
: 2018-08-14 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9789004369535 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9004369538 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (35 Downloads) |
Synopsis Studies in Neo-Aramaic by : Wolfhart Heinrichs
Author |
: Stefan Weninger |
Publisher |
: Walter de Gruyter |
Total Pages |
: 1298 |
Release |
: 2011-12-23 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9783110251586 |
ISBN-13 |
: 3110251582 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (86 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Semitic Languages by : Stefan Weninger
The handbook The Semitic Languages offers a comprehensive reference tool for Semitic Linguistics in its broad sense. It is not restricted to comparative Grammar, although it covers also comparative aspects, including classification. By comprising a chapter on typology and sections with sociolinguistic focus and language contact, the conception of the book aims at a rather complete, unbiased description of the state of the art in Semitics. Articles on individual languages and dialects give basic facts as location, numbers of speakers, scripts, numbers of extant texts and their nature, attestation where appropriate, and salient features of the grammar and lexicon of the respective variety. The handbook is the most comprehensive treatment of the Semitic language family since many decades.
Author |
: John Huehnergard |
Publisher |
: Routledge |
Total Pages |
: 754 |
Release |
: 2019-02-18 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780429657825 |
ISBN-13 |
: 042965782X |
Rating |
: 4/5 (25 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Semitic Languages by : John Huehnergard
The Semitic Languages presents a comprehensive survey of the individual languages and language clusters within this language family, from their origins in antiquity to their present-day forms. This second edition has been fully revised, with new chapters and a wealth of additional material. New features include the following: • new introductory chapters on Proto-Semitic grammar and Semitic linguistic typology • an additional chapter on the place of Semitic as a subgroup of Afro-Asiatic, and several chapters on modern forms of Arabic, Aramaic and Ethiopian Semitic • text samples of each individual language, transcribed into the International Phonetic Alphabet, with standard linguistic word-by-word glossing as well as translation • new maps and tables present information visually for easy reference. This unique resource is the ideal reference for advanced undergraduate and postgraduate students of linguistics and language. It will be of interest to researchers and anyone with an interest in historical linguistics, linguistic typology, linguistic anthropology and language development.
Author |
: Geoffrey Haig |
Publisher |
: Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG |
Total Pages |
: 1183 |
Release |
: 2018-12-03 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9783110421743 |
ISBN-13 |
: 3110421747 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (43 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Languages and Linguistics of Western Asia by : Geoffrey Haig
The languages of Western Asia belong to a variety of language families, including Indo-European, Kartvelian, Semitic, and Turkic, but share numerous features on account of being in areal contact over many centuries. This volume presents descriptions of the modern languages, contributed by leading specialists, and evaluates similarities across the languages that may have arisen by areal contact. It begins with an introductory chapter presenting an overview of the various genetic groupings in the region and summarizing some of the significant features and issues relating to language contact. In the core of the volume the presentation of the languages is divided into five contact areas, which include (i) eastern Anatolia and northwestern Iran, (ii) northern Iraq, (iii) western Iran, (iv) the Caspian region and south Azerbaijan, and (v) the Caucasian rim and southern Black Sea coast. Each section contains chapters devoted to the languages of the area preceded by an introductory section that highlights significant contact phenomena. The volume is rounded off by an appendix with basic lexical items across a selection of the languages. The handbook features contributions by Erik Anonby, Denise Bailey, Christiane Bulut, David Erschler, Geoffrey Haig, Geoffrey Khan, Rene Lacroix, Parvin Mahmoudveysi, Hrach Martirosyan, Ludwig Paul, Stephan Procházka, Laurentia Schreiber, Don Stilo, Mortaza Taheri-Ardali, Christina van der Wal Anonby.
Author |
: Holger Gzella |
Publisher |
: Otto Harrassowitz Verlag |
Total Pages |
: 402 |
Release |
: 2008 |
ISBN-10 |
: 3447057874 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9783447057875 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (74 Downloads) |
Synopsis Aramaic in Its Historical and Linguistic Setting by : Holger Gzella
This volume contains contributions by W. Arnold, S.E. Fassberg, M.L. Folmer, W.R. Garr, A. Gianto, H. Gzella, J.F. Healey, O. Jastrow, J. Joosten, O. Kapeliuk, S.A. Kaufman, G. Khan, R. Kuty, A. Lemaire, E. Lipinski, H.L. Murre-van den Berg, C. Morrison, N. Pat-El, W.Th. van Peursen, and A. Tal. They discuss central issues of Aramaic linguistics in the light of the most recent research: editions of primary source material; extensive historical and linguistic overviews on matters of classification and language change; detailed studies of grammatical and lexical topics analyzing data from different Aramaic languages, for instance determination and tense-aspect-modality systems. Several papers closely interact with each other. As a whole, they bridge the gap between ancient and modern forms of Aramaic by providing a more comprehensive approach to this language group and its attested history of three millennia. Thanks to a sharp thematic focus, wide-ranging discussions of a great amount of material, and up-to-date theoretical frameworks, these proceedings can also act as a modern handbook of Aramaic in all its complexity. All articles are thematically arranged, fully indexed and cross-referenced.