The Neo-Aramaic dialect of the Assyrian Christians of Urmi /
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| Author / Creator: | Khan, Geoffrey, author. |
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| Imprint: | Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2016. |
| Description: | 4 volumes : illustrations ; 24 cm. |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Studies in Semitic languages and linguistics ; volume 86 Studies in Semitic languages and linguistics ; 86. |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/10813490 |
| Summary: | This work is a detailed documentation of the Neo-Aramaic dialect spoken by Assyrian Christians in the region of Urmi (northwestern-Iran). It consists of four volumes. Volumes 1 and 2 are descriptions of the grammar of the dialect, including the phonology, morphology and syntax. Volume 3 contains a study of the lexicon, consisting of a series of lists of words in various lexical fields and a full dictionary with etymologies. Volume 4 contains transcriptions and translations of oral texts, including folktales and descriptions of culture and history. The Urmi dialect is the most important dialect among the Assyrian Christian communities, since it forms the basis of a widely-used literary form of Neo-Aramaic. |
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| Physical Description: | 4 volumes : illustrations ; 24 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9789004313897 9004313893 9789004313903 9004313907 9789004314931 9004314938 9789004313927 9004313923 |