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The Neo-Aramaic dialect of the Assyrian Christians of Urmi / by Geoffrey Khan.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Studies in Semitic languages and linguistics ; 86.Publisher: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2016Description: 1 online resource (4 volumes)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9789004313934
  • 9004313931
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Neo-Aramaic dialect of the Assyrian Christians of Urmi.DDC classification:
  • 492/.2 23
LOC classification:
  • PJ5282 .K44 2016
Online resources:
Contents:
Volume 1. Grammar : phonolgy and morphology -- volume 2. Grammar : syntax -- volume 3. Lexical studies and dictionary -- volume 4. Texts.
Summary: This work is a detailed documentation of the Neo-Aramaic dialect spoken by Assyrian Christians in the region of Urmi (northwestern-Iran). It consists of four volumes. Volumes 1 and 2 are descriptions of the grammar of the dialect, including the phonology, morphology and syntax. Volume 3 contains a study of the lexicon, consisting of a series of lists of words in various lexical fields and a full dictionary with etymologies. Volume 4 contains transcriptions and translations of oral texts, including folktales and descriptions of culture and history. The Urmi dialect is the most important dialect among the Assyrian Christian communities, since it forms the basis of a widely-used literary form of Neo-Aramaic.
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This work is a detailed documentation of the Neo-Aramaic dialect spoken by Assyrian Christians in the region of Urmi (northwestern-Iran). It consists of four volumes. Volumes 1 and 2 are descriptions of the grammar of the dialect, including the phonology, morphology and syntax. Volume 3 contains a study of the lexicon, consisting of a series of lists of words in various lexical fields and a full dictionary with etymologies. Volume 4 contains transcriptions and translations of oral texts, including folktales and descriptions of culture and history. The Urmi dialect is the most important dialect among the Assyrian Christian communities, since it forms the basis of a widely-used literary form of Neo-Aramaic.

Includes bibliographical references.

Volume 1. Grammar : phonolgy and morphology -- volume 2. Grammar : syntax -- volume 3. Lexical studies and dictionary -- volume 4. Texts.

Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on August 23, 2016).

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