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Titolo |
Studies in the Grammar and Lexicon of Neo-Aramaic / / Edited by Geoffrey Khan, Paul M. Noorlander |
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Cambridge, UK : , : Open Book Publishers, , 2021 |
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©2021 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (xxvi, 511 pages) |
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Collana |
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Cambridge Semitic languages and cultures |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Aramaic language - English |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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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. |
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