The Jewish neo-Aramaic dialect of Sulemaniyya and Ḥalabja / / by Geoffrey Khan.

This volume contains a detailed grammatical description of the spoken Aramaic dialect of the Jewish communities in the towns of Sulemaniyya and Ḥalabja in North Eastern Iraq. It also includes a transcription of oral texts recorded in the dialect. The grammar is based on extensive fieldwork carried o...

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Superior document:Studies in Semitic languages and linguistics ; Volume 44
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Place / Publishing House:Leiden, The Netherlands ;, Boston : : Brill,, [2004]
©2004
Year of Publication:2004
Language:English
Series:Studies in Semitic languages and linguistics ; Volume 44.
Physical Description:1 online resource (xxii, 619 pages) :; map.
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Summary:This volume contains a detailed grammatical description of the spoken Aramaic dialect of the Jewish communities in the towns of Sulemaniyya and Ḥalabja in North Eastern Iraq. It also includes a transcription of oral texts recorded in the dialect. The grammar is based on extensive fieldwork carried out among native speakers. It consists of sections on phonology, morphology and syntax. There is also a study of semantic fields in the lexicon of the dialect and full glossaries of lexical items. This Aramaic dialect, which belongs to the North Eastern Neo-Aramaic group, has never been described before. The Jewish communities left Sulemaniyya and Ḥalabja in the 1950s and the dialect is now on the verge of extinction.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN:904741358X
Hierarchical level:Monograph
Statement of Responsibility: by Geoffrey Khan.