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Language Contact in Sanandaj : A Study of the Impact of Iranian on Neo-Aramaic /

This book is a detailed study of contact-induced change in the Neo-Aramaic dialect of the Jews of Sanandaj, a town in western Iran. Since its foundation in early 17th century, the city has been home to a significant Jewish community. The Jewish Neo-Aramaic dialect of the town displays different hist...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Khan, Geoffrey (Author), Mohammadirad, Masoud (Author)
Corporate Author: Walter de Gruyter & Co
Format: eBook
Language:English
Language Notes:In English.
Published: Berlin ; Boston : De Gruyter Mouton, [2023]
Series:Language Contact and Bilingualism [LCB] , 32
Subjects:
Bedrohte Sprachen.
Gorani.
Kurdisch.
Neo-Armamaic.
Persisch.
Sprachkontakt.
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / General.
Kurdish.
Language Contact.
Language Endangerment.
Neo-Aramaic.
Persian.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
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Summary:This book is a detailed study of contact-induced change in the Neo-Aramaic dialect of the Jews of Sanandaj, a town in western Iran. Since its foundation in early 17th century, the city has been home to a significant Jewish community. The Jewish Neo-Aramaic dialect of the town displays different historical layers of contact with various Iranian languages over the course of many centuries. The Iranian languages in question are Gorani, Kurdish, and Persian. Among these, Gorani has had a particularly deep impact on Jewish Neo-Aramaic, whereas the impact of Kurdish, and especially Persian, remains superficial. Jewish Neo-Aramaic records a history of language shift from Gorani to Kurdish in the region. The book offers insights into contact-induced change in social contexts in which a language is maintained as a demarcation of communal identity in a multilingual setting.
Physical Description:1 online resource (XXVI, 588 pages).
ISBN:9783111209180
3111209180
ISSN:2190-698X ;