The Phonology of Maaloula Aramaic /

The book describes the sound system of Maaloula Aramaic, an under-researched and endangered Western Neo-Aramaic dialect. It provides solutions to previously unaddressed problems at the descriptive, methodological and theoretical levels. The analyzed language data come from the Maaloula Aramaic Speec...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Eid, Ghattas (Author)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Language Notes:	In English.
Published:	Dsseldorf : düsseldorf university press, [2024]
Subjects:	Aramäisch. Linguistik. Malūla. Phonologie. LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / Phonetics & Phonology. Aramaic language. Maaloula. lingustics. phonology. Electronic books.
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book

Table of Contents:

Frontmatter
Contents
Acknowledgements
Abbreviations and symbols
List of figures
List of tables
List of maps
1 Introduction
2 Analytical framework
3 The Maaloula Aramaic Speech Corpus (MASC)
4 Phoneme inventory
5 The distribution of bilabial stops
6 Morpho-phonological alternations in feminine nouns
7 Local and long-distance assimilation
8 Syllable structure and syllabification
9 Gemination
10 Stress
11 Conclusion and outlook
References
Index