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Studies in the grammar and lexicon of neo-Aramaic
The volume makes a major contribution to the field of Neo-Aramaic and significantly advances research. The articles present new analyses and new primary data from several endangered dialects, many of which have so far not been systematically documented, and in some cases have not been documented at all. It is good to see that the examples have been given glossing, so that this important materia…
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- 9781783749492
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- xxvi, 511 p.
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- 492.2 KHA s
Formulaic language and new data : theoretical and methodological implications
The existence of formulaic patterns has been attested to all languages of the world. However, systematic research in this field has been focused on only a few European standard languages with a rich literary tradition and a high degree of written norm. It was on the basis of these data that the theoretical framework and methodological approaches were developed.The volume shifts this focus by ce…
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- 9783110669824
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- Formelhafte Sprache / Formulaic Language, 3
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- 430 FOR f
A Grammar of the Bedouin dialects of Central and Southern Sinai
After publishing A Grammar of the Bedouin Dialects of the Northern Sinai Littoral: Bridging the Linguistic Gap between the Eastern and Western Arab World (Brill:2000), Rudolf de Jong completes his description of the Bedouin dialects of the Sinai Desert of Egypt by adding the present volume. To facilitate direct comparison of all Sinai dialects, the dialect descriptions in both volumes run paral…
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- 9789004201019
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- xx, 440 pp. ; 22 cm
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- Handbook of Oriental Studies. Section 1 The Near and Middle; Volume: 101
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- 492.717 DEJ g
A tale of two dialect regions
This book traces the precise origin of the early English lexical and lexico-phonetic influences in Sranan, an English-based creole spoken in Suriname. Sranan contains "fossilised" linguistic remnants of an early English colonial period. The book discusses whether Sranan’s English influence(s) originated from a single dialect from the general London area, as proposed by Norval Smith in 1987, o…
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- 9783961101566
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- 417 SHE t
On the border of language and dialect
This volume considers the linguistic borders between languages and dialects, as well as the administrative, cultural and mental borders that reflect or affect linguistic ones; it comprises eight articles examining the mental borders between dialects, dialect continua and areas of mixed dialect, language ideologies, language mixing and contact-induced language change. The book opens with Denni…
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- 9789518580037
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- 259p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
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- Studia Fennica linguistica, 21
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- 417.2 ONT o
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