| Description |
1 online resource |
| Series |
Perspectives on Linguistics and Ancient Languages |
| Contents |
Frontmatter -- TABLE OF CONTENTS -- FOREWORD -- ABBREVIATIONS - LITERATURE -- ABBREVIATIONS - GENERAL -- ABBREVIATIONS - BIBLICAL BOOKS -- 1. PRELIMINARIES -- 2. FEATURES OF EARLY SYRIAC -- 3. CONSONANTS -- 4. ASSIMILATION AND DISSIMILATION OF CONSONANTS -- 5. VOWELS -- 6. THE AUXILIARY VOWEL -- 7. VOWELS AND VOWEL QUANTITY -- 8. STRESS -- 9. APPENDIX: THE MODERN PRONUNCIATION OF THE WEST SYRIAC LITERARY LANGUAGE -- 10. APPENDIX: A SKETCH OF TUROYO PHONOLOGY -- BIBLIOGRAPHY |
| Summary |
This book provides a description of Classical Syriac phonology based on fully vocalized biblical texts and the detailed comments by medieval Syriac grammarians. In addition to a description of Syriac consonants and vowels (including vowel quantity and stress), there are chapters on the compararive Semitic background of Syriac phonology and the grammatical features of the pre-classical inscriptions, and comparison with both eastern and western varieties of Jewish Aramaic. The modern dialect of Turoyo is also examined, and two appendices discuss the traditional pronunciation of West Syriac and the pronunciation of Modern Literary Syriac, and offer a sketch of Turoyo phonology |
| Notes |
In English |
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Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 30. Apr 2019) |
| Subject |
Syriac language -- Phonology
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LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / General.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
1463236840 |
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9781463236847 |
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