| Description |
1 online resource (275 p.) |
| Series |
Studies in Semitic Languages and Linguistics Series ; v.112 |
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Studies in Semitic Languages and Linguistics Series
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| Contents |
Intro -- Contents -- Preface -- Figures and Maps -- Tables -- Abbreviations and Symbols -- Chapter 1. Introduction -- 1. Aims -- 2. The Jews of Dohok and Their Endangered Language -- 3. Neo-Aramaic: The Last Surviving Branch of an Ancient Linguistic Tradition -- 4. Jewish and Christian NENA: Differences and Similarities -- 5. Jewish NENA: Subgroupings and History -- 6. Distinctive Features of J. Dohok NENA -- 7. An Overview of Previous Research -- 8. Methods and Assumptions -- 8.1. The Corpus -- 8.2. Transcription -- 8.3. Glossing and Terminology |
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8.4. Linguistic Methodology: A Theory-Grounded Grammatical Description and Study of Microvariation -- 9. Book Content, Limitations and References to Supplementary Literature -- Part 1. Phonology and Phonetics -- Chapter 2. The Segments: Consonants and Vowels -- 1. Consonants -- 1.1. Consonantal Phonemes -- 1.2. Historical Background of Selected Phonemes -- 2. Vowels -- 2.1. Vowel Phonemes -- 2.2. Phonetic Properties of Phonemes and Their Allophones -- 2.3. Diphthongs and Their Reflexes -- Chapter 3. Phonetic Processes and Larger Phonological Units |
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1. Phonetically-Conditioned Processes Affecting Consonants -- 1.1. Devoicing -- 1.2. Place Assimilation -- 1.3. Complete Phoneme Assimilation of the l in L-Suffixes (in Verbal Forms) -- 1.4. Sonorant Interchange -- 2. Emphasis Spread (Affecting Consonants and Vowels) -- 2.1. Degrees of Emphasis Caused by the Emphatic Phonemes -- 2.2. Directionality of Spread -- 2.3. Domain of Emphasis Spread -- 3. Phonotactics -- 3.1. Consonant Cluster Resolution -- 3.2. Syllable Structure, Vowel Length and Lexical Stress -- 3.3. Annexation Units -- 3.4. Forms with Numerals |
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4. Intonation Units: Nucleus Stress and Pause -- Part 2. Morphology -- Chapter 4. Pronouns -- 1. Independent Personal Pronouns -- 2. Demonstrative Pronouns -- 2.1. Near and Far Deixis -- 2.2. Very Far Deixis -- 2.3. Anaphoric Pronouns -- 3. Pronominal Suffixes on Nouns and Prepositions -- 4. The Independent Genitive Particle -- 5. Reflexive Pronoun -- 6. The Pronoun of Independence -- 7. The Pronoun of Isolation -- 8. Interrogative Pronouns -- 9. Indefinite Pronouns -- Chapter 5. Overview of Nouns and Adjectives -- 1. Nouns -- 1.1. Singular Endings -- 1.2. Plural Forms |
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2. Adjectives and Their Agreement with Nouns -- 2.1. Inflection of Adjectives and Agreement -- 2.2. Uninflected Adjectives -- 3. Annexation of Nouns -- 3.1. Annexation by Means of the Genitive Particle -ət -- 3.2. Annexation with the Independent Genitive Particle dət -- 3.3. Historical Construct State -- 3.4. Neo-construct State -- Chapter 6. Verbal Morphology -- 1. The Inventory of Patterns, Stems and Inflectional Affixes -- 1.1. Patterns, Stems and Their Historical Background -- 1.2. Šaqəl and the Inflectional E-Suffixes -- 1.3. Šqəlle and the Inflectional L-Suffixes |
| Summary |
This book combines in-depth grammatical description with a dialectological and typological study. It presents important features of Jewish Neo-Aramaic of the Jews of Dohok (Iraqi Kurdistan), a previously undocumented dialect on the verge of extinction. It focuses especially on phonology, verbal morphosyntax and syntax |
| Notes |
Description based upon print version of record |
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1.4. The Participle |
| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9789004690578 |
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9004690573 |
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