Neo-Aramaic Dialect Studies: Proceedings of a Workshop on Neo-Aramaic held in Cambridge 2005 (Neo-aramaic Studies 1)

Contains a collection of papers on various aspects of the grammar of Neo-Aramaic, with special attention to the North Eastern Neo-Aramaic dialect group. This title features papers that include descriptions of many hitherto undescribed dialects, including those of Tyare, Sat, Calla, Barwar, Karamlesh, Telkepe, Peshabur and those of the Aqra region. North-eastern Neo-aramaic And The Middle Aramaic Dialects / Samuel Ethan Fox -- The Neo-aramaic Dialect Of Sat (hakkâri, Turkey) / Hezy Mutzafi -- The Neo-aramaic Dialects Of The Tiyari Assyrians In Syria : With Special Attention To Their Phonological Characteristics / Shabo Talay -- The Jewish Neo-aramaic Dialect Of Čalla / Steven E. Fassberg -- Some Features Of The Verbal System Of The Neo-aramaic Dialect Of Karamlesh / Roberta Borghero -- Some Notable Features In North-eastern Neo-aramaic Dialects Of Iraq / Eleanor Coghill -- Remarks On The Function Of The Preterite And The Perfect In North-eastern Neo-aramaic / Geoffrey Khan -- Between Nouns And Verbs In Neo-aramaic / Olga Kapeliuk -- Syntactic Focus Marking In Jewish Zakho / Eran Cohen -- The Begadkephat In Western Neo-aramaic / Werner Arnold -- The Five Scrolls In Jewish Neo-aramaic Dialects / Yona Sabar. Edited By Geoffrey Khan. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. TABLE OF CONTENTS PREFACE NORTH-EASTERN NEO-ARAMAIC AND THE MIDDLE ARAMAIC DIALECTS THE NEO-ARAMAIC DIALECT OF SAT (HAKKÂRI, TURKEY) THE NEO-ARAMAIC DIALECTS OF THE TIYARI ASSYRIANS IN SYRIA: WITH SPECIAL ATTENTION TO THEIR PHONOLOGICAL CHARACTERISTICS THE JEWISH NEO-ARAMAIC DIALECT OF ČALLA SOME FEATURES OF THE VERBAL SYSTEM OF THE NEO-ARAMAIC DIALECT OF KARAMLESH SOME NOTABLE FEATURES IN NORTH-EASTERN NEO-ARAMAIC DIALECTS OF IRAQ REMARKS ON THE FUNCTION OF THE PRETERITE AND THE PERFECT IN NORTH-EASTERN NEOARAMAIC BETWEEN NOUNS AND VERBS IN NEO-ARAMAIC SYNTACTIC FOCUS MARKING IN JEWISH ZAKHO THE BEGADKEPHAT IN WESTERN NEO-ARAMAIC THE FIVE SCROLLS IN JEWISH NEO-ARAMAIC DIALECTS INDEX This volume contains a collection of papers presented at the workshop on various aspects of the grammar of Neo-Aramaic, with special attention to the North Eastern Neo-Aramaic dialect group. The papers include descriptions of several hitherto undescribed dialects together with sample texts and also studies of various aspects of phonology, morphology and syntax of the dialects