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Record Nr.

UNINA9910155143303321

Autore

Butts Aaron Michael

Titolo

Language Change in the Wake of Empire : Syriac in Its Greco-Roman Context / / Aaron Michael Butts

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Winona Lake, Indiana : , : Eisenbrauns, , 2016

©2016

ISBN

1-57506-422-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (312 pages)

Collana

Linguistic studies in Ancient West Semitic ; ; Volume 11

Disciplina

492/.32481

Soggetti

Syriac language

Languages in contact

Langues en contact

Syriaque (Langue) - Histoire

Syriac language - History

Grec (Langue)

Greek language - Influence on Syriac

History

Ressources Internet

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Revision of the author's thesis, University of Chicago, 2013.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface and Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations -- Transcription / Transliteration -- Chapter 1. Introduction -- Part 1: Prolegomena -- Chapter 2. The Contact Linguistic Framework -- Chapter 3. The Sociohistorical Setting -- Part 2: Loanwords -- Chapter 4. Greek Loanwords in Syriac: The Methodological Framework -- Chapter 5. The Phonological Integration of Greek Loanwords in Syriac -- Chapter 6. The Morphosyntactic Integration of Greek Loanwords in Syriac -- Part 3: Grammatical Replication -- Chapter 7. Grammatical Replication: The Methodological Framework -- Chapter 8. The Syriac Copula ʾiṯaw(hy) Replicated on Greek ἐστίν -- Chapter 9. The Syriac Conjunctive Particle den Replicated on Greek δέ -- Chapter 10. Conclusion -- Appendix 1. Greek Loanwords Inherited in Syriac -- Appendix 2. Citations for



Verbless Clauses -- Bibliography -- Index of Authors -- Index of Biblical Sources -- Index of Syriac Words -- Index of Greek Words -- Index of Subjects

Sommario/riassunto

"Although it is widely acknowledged that Syriac was influenced by Greek, the specific contours of this interaction remain unclear. This study aims to present a new analysis of contact-induced changes in Syriac due to Greek. More specifically, the study intends to show that Syriac is the outcome of a particular socio-linguistic situation in which inherited Aramaic material was augmented and adapted through contact with Greek. To demonstrate this, Butts examines the place of Greek loanwords in Syriac as well as the way that Syriac-speakers replicated inherited Aramaic material on Greek, the latter being considered "grammatical replication." "--