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Subject(s)

• Aramaic language—Dialects—Iraq [Browse]
• Aramaic language—Iraq—Grammar [Browse]
• Semitic languages, Northwest—Grammar [Browse]
• Semitic languages, Northwest—Dialects [Browse]
• Kurdistān (Iraq)—Languages [Browse]
• Iraq—History—Languages [Browse]

Series

• Studies in Semitic Languages and Linguistics 81. [More in this series]
• Studies in Semitic languages and linguistics ; v. 81

Summary note

The detailed study of a rare Neo-Aramaic variety from north-eastern Iraq offered by Lidia Napiorkowska in A Grammar of the Christian Neo-Aramaic Dialect of Diyana-Zariwaw is a contribution to the documentation of the endangered world of spoken Aramaic. The comparative and contact-sensitive approach of the monograph situates the dialect of Diyana-Zariwaw in a wider context of Semitic languages on the one hand, and of the local varieties of Iraqi Kurdistan on the other. Next to a systematic account of phonology and morphology, the book covers a range of syntactic features and is accompanied by a corpus of translated texts and a glossary, arranged according to the Aramaic, as well as English entries.

Notes

Description based upon print version of record.

Bibliographic references

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Language note

English

Contents

• Front Matter
• Introduction
• Segmental Features: Phonetic Inventory
• Syllable Structure
• Pronouns
• Nouns
• Adjectives
• Numerals
• The Copula
• Verbs
• Weak Verbs
• Adverbs, Prepositions and Other Particles
• The Syntax of Pronouns
• The Syntax of Nouns
• The Syntax of Adjectives
• The Syntax of Numerals
• The Syntax of Verbs
• Introductory Remarks on the Corpus
• Texts: Speaker A
• Speaker B
• Speaker C
• Speaker D
• Speaker E
• Speaker F
• Proverbs, Sayings, Social Interaction
• CDZ-English Glossary
• Bibliography
• Indexes.

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ISBN

90-04-29033-8

LCCN

2014048636

OCLC

900867970

Doi

• 10.1163/9789004290334

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