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Record Nr.

UNINA9910586699303321

Titolo

Reflections on lexicography : explorations in ancient Syriac, Hebrew, and Greek sources / / edited by Richard A. Taylor, Craig E. Morrison

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Piscataway, New Jersey : , : Gorgias Press, , 2014

ISBN

1-4632-0339-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (407 pages) : illustrations

Collana

Perspectives on linguistics and ancient languages ; ; 4

Disciplina

492/.33028

Soggetti

Syriac language - Lexicography

Hebrew language - Lexicography

Greek language - Lexicography

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.

Sommario/riassunto

"Colloquia of the International Syriac Language Project. The essays collected in this volume probe various linguistic problems, analyze certain lexicographical methods, evaluate selected lexical tools currently available, and set forth descriptions and/or proposals for forthcoming lexical projects. The papers are organized into three groups, depending on their primary language orientation. The first group focuses on selected areas of lexicography for texts written in Classical Syriac. The second group deals with certain areas of semantics and lexicography for Biblical Hebrew. The third group treats aspects of lexical analysis for the Greek New Testament. The common thread that ties the essays together is a focus on lexicography"--