Publication

2016-04-08 - Eisenbrauns

Language

English

Word Count

78,000 words, Guess

Page Count

312 pages

Physical Format

Hardcover

Identifiers

  • ISBN-101575064219
  • ISBN-139781575064215
  • Library of Congress Control Number2015047546
  • Library of Congress Control Number2015050107
  • OCLC Control Number956413848
and 2 more
  • Better World Books9781575064215
  • Open LibraryOL27433567M

Classifications

  • LCCPJ5415 .B88 2016
  • LCCPJ5415
  • LCCPJ5415.B88 2016

Description

"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""--

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