The Jewish Neo-Aramaic Dialect of Amәdya

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Éditeur : Brill	Date & Lieu : 2011, Leiden / Boston
Préface :	Pages : 366
Traduction :	ISBN : 978 90 04 18257 8
Langue : Anglais	Format : 160x240 mm
Code FIKP : Liv. Ang.	Thème : Linguistique

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The Jewish Neo-Aramaic Dialect of Amәdya Jared Greenblatt Brill The loss of a language represents...an irreparable loss for us all, the loss of opportunities to glimpse alternative ways of making sense of the human experience. (Mithun 1999: 2) History and Dialectal Classification The use of the blanket term “Neo-Aramaic” in itself, as well as the commonly accepted convention of writing about its so-called “dialects”, may give the uninitiated reader the misguided impression that “Neo-Aramaic” is one, homogenous language. In fact, the name is used to refer to all those modern tongues which can be shown to have their origins in the Aramaic language of old.1 In actual fact, the major “dialects” of Neo-Aramaic are quite often mutually unintelligible, evenin cases of relative geographical proximity. .....


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Jared Greenblatt The Jewish Neo-Aramaic Dialect of Amәdya Brill Brill The Jewish Neo-Aramaic Dialect of Amәdya Jared Greenblatt Leiden / Boston 2011 Studies in Semitic Languages and Linguistics Editorial board T. Muraoka, A.D. Rubin and C.H.M. Versteegh Volume 61 This book is printed on acid-free paper. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Greenblatt, Jared R., 1980– The Jewish Neo-Aramaic dialect of Amәdya / By Jared R. Greenblatt. p. cm. - (Studies in Semitic languages and linguistics ; v. 61) Includes bibliographical references. ISBN 978-90-04-18257-8 (hardback : alk. paper) 1. Aramaic language-Dialects- Iraq-‘Amadiyah-Grammar. 2. ‘Amadiyah (Iraq)-Languages. I. Title. II. Series. PJ5282.G74 2010 492’.2-dc22 2010038213 Copyright 2011 by Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden, The Netherlands. Koninklijke Brill NV incorporates the imprints Brill, Hotei Publishing, IDC Publishers, Martinus Nijhoff Publishers and VSP. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, translated, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise, without prior written permission from the publisher. Authorization to photocopy items for internal or personal use is granted by Koninklijke Brill NV provided that the appropriate fees are paid directly to The Copyright Clearance Center, 222 Rosewood Drive, Suite 910, Danvers, MA 01923, USA. Fees are subject to change.= ISSN 0081-8461 ISBN 978 90 04 18257 8