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Language change in the wake of empire : Syriac in its Greco-Roman context / Aaron Michael Butts.
LIBRA PJ5415 .B88 2016
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Butts, Aaron Michael, author.
- Series:
- Linguistic studies in ancient West Semitic ; 11.
- Linguistic studies in Ancient West Semitic ; Volume 11
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Greek language--Influence on Syriac.
- Greek language.
- Syriac language--History.
- Syriac language.
- Languages in contact.
- History.
- Genre:
- Academic theses.
- Physical Description:
- xvii, 292 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
- Other Title:
- Syriac in its Greco-Roman context
- Place of Publication:
- Winona Lake, Indiana : Eisenbrauns, 2016.
- Summary:
- "Although it is widely acknowledged that Syriac was influenced by Greek, the specific contours of this interaction remain unclear. This study aims to present a new analysis of contact-induced changes in Syriac due to Greek. More specifically, the study intends to show that Syriac is the outcome of a particular socio-linguistic situation in which inherited Aramaic material was augmented and adapted through contact with Greek. To demonstrate this, Butts examines the place of Greek loanwords in Syriac as well as the way that Syriac-speakers replicated inherited Aramaic material on Greek, the latter being considered "grammatical replication""-- Provided by publisher.
- Notes:
- Revision of the author's thesis, University of Chicago, 2013.
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 226-263) and indexes.
- ISBN:
- 9781575064215
- 1575064219
- OCLC:
- 956413848
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