Foundations for Syriac Lexicography IV : Colloquia of the International Syriac Language Project

The fourth published colloquia of the International Syriac Language Project (ISLP), presenting papers from an international team of authors working to develop contemporary, interdisciplinary approaches to linguistics and lexicography. CONTENTS TABLE OF CONTENTS ABBREVIATIONS SERIES PREFACE A CONTINUING CONVERSATION INTRODUCTION CHAPTER 1. MOVING BEYOND BORDERS: THOUGHTS OF A GREEK LEXICOGRAPHER CHAPTER 2. METAPHOR, LEXICOGRAPHY AND MODERN LINGUISTICS: SHOULD FIGURATIVE SPEECH FIGURE IN FUTURE ANCIENT-LANGUAGE LEXICA? CHAPTER 3. THE PATRISTIC “SYRIAC MASORA” AS A RESOURCE FOR MODERN SYRIAC LEXICOGRAPHY CHAPTER 4. LEMMATIZATION AND MORPHOLOGICAL ANALYSIS: THE CASE OF IN CLASSICAL SYRIAC CHAPTER 5. ANALYSIS OF THE SYRIAC PARTICLE CHAPTER 6. THE PESHITTA IN JACOB OF SERUGH: THE PARTICLE AND OTHER CITATION MARKERS CHAPTER 7. THE SEMANTICS OF SYRIAC MOTION VERBS IN EXODUS CHAPTERS 1-19 CHAPTER 8. NUMERALS AND NOMINAL INFLECTION IN CLASSICAL SYRIAC CHAPTER 9. LEXICOGRAPHICAL TROUBLES WITH THE CARDINAL NUMERALS 1–20 IN THE ARAMAIC OF THE TARGUMIM AND IN CLASSICAL SYRIAC CHAPTER 10. THE COGNATE VERBS שים AND IN THE BOOKS OF KINGS: SIMILARITIES AND DIFFERENCES BIBLIOGRAPHY INDEX This volume is part of a series that addresses issues of Classical Syriac lexicography, and the lexicography of other ancient languages. This book represents the forefront of Syriac lexical studies, and has much to offer those studying Greek and other Semitic languages as well.