LEADER 02440nam 2200433 450 001 9910531522503321 005 20230807201659.0 010 $a1-4632-3657-3 024 7 $a10.31826/9781463236571 035 $a(CKB)4100000008167331 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC5907002 035 $a(DE-B1597)505792 035 $a(OCoLC)1100444955 035 $a(DE-B1597)9781463236571 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL5907002 035 $a(EXLCZ)994100000008167331 100 $a20191018d2015 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 14$aThe Syriac dot $ea short history /$fGeorge Anton Kiraz 210 1$aPiscataway, New Jersey :$cGorgias Press,$d[2015] 210 4$dİ2015 215 $a1 online resource (xv, 208 pages) 327 $tFrontmatter -- $tTable of Contents -- $tPreface -- $tScript and Transcription -- $t1. The First Single Dot -- $t2. The First Double Dot -- $t3. The Power of the Single Dot -- $t4. An Intelligent Dot -- $t5. The Kenoro Dotless Experiment -- $t6. The Silent Dot -- $t7. The Shifting Dot -- $t8. A Suffix Dot -- $t9. Tagging Dots -- $t10. Red Dots -- $t11. A Pair of Dots -- $t12. Vowel Dots -- $t13. Punctuation Dots -- $t14. Reading Dots -- $t15. The Net of Dots -- $t16. Oops Dots -- $t17. Garshunography Dots -- $t18. Dots Today -- $t19. Epilogue -- $tAppendix 1: Script Guide -- $tAppendix 2: KDE Data -- $tAppendix 3: Chronology of Events -- $tAppendix 4: Manuscripts Consulted -- $tPlates -- $tAppendix 5: Comments on Plates -- $tNotes -- $tWorks Cited -- $tWord Index -- $tGeneral Index -- $tReader's Notes 330 $aThe 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. 606 $aSyriac language$xAccents and accentuation 615 0$aSyriac language$xAccents and accentuation. 676 $a492.311 700 $aKiraz$b George Anton$01182557 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910531522503321 996 $aThe Syriac dot$92743726 997 $aUNINA