TY  - BOOK
AU  - Knudsen,Ebbe E.
TI  - Classical Syriac Phonology
T2  - Perspectives on Linguistics and Ancient Languages
SN  - 9781463205256
U1  - 492.35 23/eng/20230216
PY  - 2015///]
CY  - Piscataway, NJ : 
PB  - Gorgias Press, 
KW  - LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / General
KW  - bisacsh
N1  - 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; restricted access
N2  - 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
UR  - https://doi.org/10.31826/9781463236847
UR  - https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9781463236847
UR  - https://www.degruyter.com/document/cover/isbn/9781463236847/original
ER  -