The neo-Aramaic dialect of Qaraqosh. / / by Geoffrey Khan.

Containing a detailed grammatical description of the spoken Aramaic dialect of the Christian community in the town of Qaraqosh, which lies on the Mosul plain in Northern Iraq, this volume also includes a transcription of oral texts recorded in the dialect. The grammar is based on extensive fieldwork...

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Superior document:Studies in Semitic languages and linguistics ; 36
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Place / Publishing House:Leiden, Netherlands : : Brill,, 2002.
Year of Publication:2002
Language:English
Series:Studies in Semitic Languages and Linguistics 36.
Physical Description:1 online resource (xxiv, 750 pages)
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Table of Contents:
  • Preliminary Material
  • PREFACE
  • INTRODUCTION
  • PHONOLOGY
  • CONSONANTS
  • VOWELS
  • CONSONANT GEMINATION
  • SYLLABLE STRUCTURE
  • WORD STRESS
  • STRESS GROUPS
  • MORPHOLOGY
  • PRONOUNS
  • VERBS
  • VERB PARADIGMS
  • NOUNS
  • ADJECTIVES
  • NUMERALS
  • PARTICLES
  • SYNTAX AND SEMANTICS
  • THE SYNTAX OF NOMINALS
  • THE SYNTAX OF VERBS
  • THE SYNTAX AND SEMANTICS OF PREPOSITIONS
  • THE CLAUSE
  • CLAUSE SEQUENCES
  • SYNTACTIC SUBORDINATION OF CLAUSES
  • THE LEXICON
  • TEXTS
  • INFORMANT K
  • INFORMANT B
  • INFORMANT S
  • INFORMANT F
  • THEATRE PLAY by Ṭalāl Waḍīᒼ
  • POETRY by Ṭalāl ᐣAčam
  • CHILDREN’S RHYME
  • PROVERBS
  • SELECTIONS FROM THE GOSPELS
  • REFERENCES
  • GLOSSARY OF VERBS
  • GENERAL GLOSSARY
  • STUDIES IN SEMITIC LANGUAGES AND LINGUISTICS.