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Subject(s)

• Aramaic language—Dialects—Iraq—Dihōk—Grammar [Browse]
• Jews—Iraq—Dihōk—Languages [Browse]
• Dihōk (Iraq)—Languages [Browse]

Series

• Studies in Semitic languages and linguistics ; 112. [More in this series]
• Studies in semitic languages and linguistics, 0081-8461 ; volume 112

Summary note

"This book combines in-depth grammatical analysis with dialectology and typology. It presents important features of Jewish Neo-Aramaic from Dohok (Iraqi Kurdistan), a previously undocumented dialect that is now on the verge of extinction. The first Neo-Aramaic grammar to offer data glossing, this book is accessible for and highly relevant to Semitists, language typologists and historical linguists. It focuses especially on phonology, verbal morphosyntax and syntax. The monograph also highlights features that characterise the wider lisana deni dialect group, which is the most widespread Jewish Neo-Aramaic today. The book leverages the staggering microvariation persisting within North-Eastern Neo-Aramaic to reconstruct the grammaticalisation of some key Neo-Aramaic constructions. It also includes a text sample of prime historiographic value (Jews of Iraq during the Second World War)"-- Provided by publisher.

Bibliographic references

Includes bibliographical references (pages 239-248) and index.

Contents

• Introduction
• The segments : consonants and vowels
• Phonetic processes and larger phonological units
• Pronouns
• Overview of nouns and adjectives
• Verbal morphology
• Numerals
• Adverbials and prepositions
• Pronomial objects and object-like arguments, and differential object marking
• The morphology and syntax of the copula
• The tense-aspect-mood system
• Text sample with a glossary
• Conclusion.

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ISBN

• 9789004521988 ((hardback ; : acid-free paper))
• 9004521984 ((hardback ; : acid-free paper))

LCCN

2024001775

OCLC

1412169468

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