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Classical Syriac Phonology /

Knudsen, Ebbe E.

Classical Syriac Phonology / Ebbe E. Knudsen. - 1 online resource (204 p.) - Perspectives on Linguistics and Ancient Languages .

Frontmatter -- TABLE OF CONTENTS -- FOREWORD -- ABBREVIATIONS – LITERATURE -- ABBREVIATIONS – GENERAL -- ABBREVIATIONS – BIBLICAL BOOKS -- 1. PRELIMINARIES -- 2. FEATURES OF EARLY SYRIAC -- 3. CONSONANTS -- 4. ASSIMILATION AND DISSIMILATION OF CONSONANTS -- 5. VOWELS -- 6. THE AUXILIARY VOWEL -- 7. VOWELS AND VOWEL QUANTITY -- 8. STRESS -- 9. APPENDIX: THE MODERN PRONUNCIATION OF THE WEST SYRIAC LITERARY LANGUAGE -- 10. APPENDIX: A SKETCH OF TUROYO PHONOLOGY -- BIBLIOGRAPHY

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This book provides a description of Classical Syriac phonology based on fully vocalized biblical texts and the detailed comments by medieval Syriac grammarians. In addition to a description of Syriac consonants and vowels (including vowel quantity and stress), there are chapters on the compararive Semitic background of Syriac phonology and the grammatical features of the pre-classical inscriptions, and comparison with both eastern and western varieties of Jewish Aramaic. The modern dialect of Turoyo is also examined, and two appendices discuss the traditional pronunciation of West Syriac and the pronunciation of Modern Literary Syriac, and offer a sketch of Turoyo phonology.


Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.


In English.

9781463205256 9781463236847

10.31826/9781463236847 doi


LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / General.

492.35