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Author Khan, Geoffrey

Title The neo-Aramaic dialect of Qaraqosh / by Geoffrey Khan
Published Leiden ; Boston, MA : Brill, 2002

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Description 1 online resource (xxiv, 750 pages)
Series Studies in Semitic languages and linguistics ; 36
Studies in Semitic languages and linguistics ; 36.
Summary 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
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 708-712) and index
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Subject Aramaic language -- Dialects -- Iraq -- Qarah Qūsh -- Grammar
Jews -- Iraq -- Qarah Qūsh -- Languages
Jews -- Languages
Language and languages
Nieuwaramees.
Joden.
Dialecten.
SUBJECT Qarah Qūsh (Iraq) -- Languages
Subject Iraq -- Qarah Qūsh
Form Electronic book
LC no. 2002026106
ISBN 9004348581
9789004348585