Neologisms in Modern Literary Syriac (Perspectives on Linguistics and Ancient Languages)

This book is the culmination of the Turabdin Project, the goal of which is to monitor the development of Modern Literary Syriac from the 1980s to the present. The approach is descriptive and contrastive relative to the Classical language, significant differences between Modern Literary Syriac and Classical Syriac are noted. The main focus is on neologisms and new developments in the lexicon. Table Of Contents Foreword Abbreviations - Literary Abbreviations - General Abbreviations - Biblical Books Part One: Context And Analysis 1. Modern Literary Syriac 2. Grammatical Features 3. Neologisms Part Two: Glossary Of Neologisms ܐ ܒ ܓ ܕ ܗ ܘ ܝ ܚ ܛ ܠ ܨ ܠ ܩ ܢܨ ܣܝ ܠ ܘܢ ܐܨ ܘܢ ܪ ܫ ܬ Bibliography Index