Comparative lexical studies in Neo-Mandaic / / by Hezy Mutzafi

• Autore: Mutzafi Hezy
• Pubblicazione: Leiden, Netherlands : , : Brill, , 2014; ©2014
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (243 p.)
• Disciplina: 492/.3
• Soggetto topico: Mandaean language - Grammar; Mandaean language - Lexicology
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Preliminary Material -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Aspects of Previous Research -- 3. Neo-Mandaic and Pre-Modern Aramaic -- 4. Neo-Mandaic and Other Neo-Aramaic Varieties: Isolexes -- 5. The Uniqueness of the Neo-Mandaic Lexicon within Neo-Aramaic -- Bibliographical References -- Index of Neo-Mandaic Words.
• Sommario/riassunto: Neo-Mandaic is the last phase of a pre-modern vernacular closely related to Classical Mandaic, a Mesopotamian Aramaic idiom of Late Antiquity. This unique language is critically endangered, being spoken by a few hundred adherents of Mandaeism, the only gnostic religion to have survived until the present day. All other Mandaeans, numbering several tens of thousands, are Arabic or Persian speakers. The present study concerns the least known aspect of the language, namely its lexicon as reflected in both its dialects, those of the cities of Ahvaz and Khorramshahr in the Iranian province of Khuzestan. Apart from lexicological and etymological studies in Neo-Mandaic itself, the book discusses the contribution of the Neo-Mandaic lexis to our knowledge of literary Mandaic as well as aspects of this lexis within the framework of Neo-Aramaic as a whole.
• Titolo autorizzato: Comparative lexical studies in Neo-Mandaic
• ISBN: 90-04-25705-5
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910789112503321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Studies in Semitic languages and linguistics ; ; Volume 73.