The neo-Aramaic dialect of Qaraqosh /

The neo-Aramaic dialect of Qaraqosh /

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Author / Creator:Khan, Geoffrey.
Imprint:Leiden ; Boston, MA : Brill, 2002.
Description:1 online resource (xxiv, 750 pages).
Language:English
Series:Studies in Semitic languages and linguistics ; 36
Studies in Semitic languages and linguistics ; 36.
Subject:
Aramaic language -- Dialects -- Iraq -- Qarah Qūsh -- Grammar.
Jews -- Iraq -- Qarah Qūsh -- Languages.
Jews -- Languages.
Language and languages.
Qarah Qūsh (Iraq) -- Languages.
Iraq -- Qarah Qūsh.
Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/12480867
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ISBN:9004348581
9789004348585
9004128638
9789004128637
Notes:Includes bibliographical references (pages 708-712) and index.
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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.
Other form:Print version: Khan, Geoffrey. Neo-Aramaic dialect of Qaraqosh. Leiden ; Boston, MA : Brill, 2002

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