Documentary Arabic private and business letters on papyrus : form and function, content and context / by Eva Mira Grob.

Format:

Book

Thesis/Dissertation

Author/Creator:

Grob, Eva Mira.

Series:

Archiv für Papyrusforschung und verwandte Gebiete - Beihefte

Archiv für Papyrusforschung und verwandte Gebiete - Beihefte ; 29

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Arabic letters--History and criticism.

Arabic letters.

Letter writing, Arabic--History.

Letter writing, Arabic.

Manuscripts, Arabic (Papyri).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (291 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York, NY ; Berlin : De Gruyter, 2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Arabic letters on papyrus challenge the modern reader. There are few to no diacritical dots to distinguish homographs, no systematic spacing between single words, and in the majority of cases a low degree of graphical structuring. However, contemporary readers usually read and understood these documents easily - probably because the recipient of a letter knew what to expect. The letters are formulaic, and their information packaging follows an algorithm typical for their time and content. Here formulaic letter writing means not only the reuse of the same formulae or topoi but expressing though

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Acknowledgements

Introduction

Abbreviations

1. Numbers, materials, and distribution over time

2. Formulary

3. Pragmatics

4. Language

5. Script and layout

6. Summary

Backmatter

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Dissertation Universität Zürich 2009.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9786612912054

9781282912052

1282912054

9783110247053

3110247054

OCLC:

692196075