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Record Nr.

UNINA9910688304603321

Titolo

Studies in the Grammar and Lexicon of Neo-Aramaic / / Edited by Geoffrey Khan, Paul M. Noorlander

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cambridge, UK : , : Open Book Publishers, , 2021

©2021

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xxvi, 511 pages)

Collana

Cambridge Semitic languages and cultures

Disciplina

492.29

Soggetti

Aramaic language - English

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Sommario/riassunto

The Neo-Aramaic dialects are modern vernacular forms of Aramaic, which has a documented history in the Middle East of over 3,000 years. Due to upheavals in the Middle East over the last one hundred years, thousands of speakers of Neo-Aramaic dialects have been forced to migrate from their homes or have perished in massacres. As a result, the dialects are now highly endangered. The dialects exhibit a remarkable diversity of structures. Moreover, the considerable depth of attestation of Aramaic from earlier periods provides evidence for pathways of change. For these reasons the research of Neo-A.