02440nam 2200433 450 991053152250332120230807201659.01-4632-3657-310.31826/9781463236571(CKB)4100000008167331(MiAaPQ)EBC5907002(DE-B1597)505792(OCoLC)1100444955(DE-B1597)9781463236571(Au-PeEL)EBL5907002(EXLCZ)99410000000816733120191018d2015 uy 0engurcnu||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierThe Syriac dot a short history /George Anton KirazPiscataway, New Jersey :Gorgias Press,[2015]©20151 online resource (xv, 208 pages)Frontmatter -- Table of Contents -- Preface -- Script and Transcription -- 1. The First Single Dot -- 2. The First Double Dot -- 3. The Power of the Single Dot -- 4. An Intelligent Dot -- 5. The Kenoro Dotless Experiment -- 6. The Silent Dot -- 7. The Shifting Dot -- 8. A Suffix Dot -- 9. Tagging Dots -- 10. Red Dots -- 11. A Pair of Dots -- 12. Vowel Dots -- 13. Punctuation Dots -- 14. Reading Dots -- 15. The Net of Dots -- 16. Oops Dots -- 17. Garshunography Dots -- 18. Dots Today -- 19. Epilogue -- Appendix 1: Script Guide -- Appendix 2: KDE Data -- Appendix 3: Chronology of Events -- Appendix 4: Manuscripts Consulted -- Plates -- Appendix 5: Comments on Plates -- Notes -- Works Cited -- Word Index -- General Index -- Reader's NotesThe dot is used for everything in Syriac from tense to gender, number, and pronunciation, and unsurprisingly represents one of the biggest obstacles to learning the language. Using inscriptions, early grammars, and experiments with modern scribes, Dr. Kiraz peels back the evolution of the dot layer by layer to explain each of its uses in detail and to show how it adopted the wide range of uses it has today.Syriac languageAccents and accentuationSyriac languageAccents and accentuation.492.311Kiraz George Anton1182557MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910531522503321The Syriac dot2743726UNINA