The neo-Aramaic dialect of Barwar /
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| Author / Creator: | Khan, Geoffrey. |
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| Imprint: | Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2008. |
| Description: | 1 online resource (3 volumes (xxxviii, 2175 pages)) : illustrations |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Handbook of Oriental studies. Section 1, the Near and Middle East ; 96 Handbuch der Orientalistik. Erste Abteilung, Nahe und der Mittlere Osten ; 96. Bd. |
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| Format: | E-Resource Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11211427 |
| Summary: | The Aramaic language has continued to be spoken in various dialects down to modern times. Many of these dialects, however, are now endangered due to political events in the Middle East over the last hundred years. This work, in three volumes, presents a description of one such endangered neo-Aramaic dialect, that of the Assyrian Christian community of the Barwar region in northern Iraq. It is a unique record of the dialect based on interviews with the surviving older generation of the community. Volume one contains a detailed grammatical description of the dialect, including sections on phonology, morphology and syntax. Volume two contains an extensive glossary of the lexicon of the dialect with illustrations of various aspects of the material culture. Volume three contains transcriptions of numerous recorded texts, including folktales, ethnographic texts, songs, and proverbs. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (3 volumes (xxxviii, 2175 pages)) : illustrations |
| Format: | Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references. |
| ISBN: | 9789047443490 9047443497 1282602640 9781282602649 9786612602641 6612602643 9789004167650 900416765X 9789004172630 9004172637 9789004172647 9004172645 9789004172654 9004172653 |