Classical Syriac Phonology
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Classical Syriac Phonology

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Classical Syriac Phonology

About this book

This book provides a description of Classical Syriac phonology based on fully vocalized biblical texts and the detailed comments by medieval Syriac grammarians. In addition to a description of Syriac consonants and vowels (including vowel quantity and stress), there are chapters on the compararive Semitic background of Syriac phonology and the grammatical features of the pre-classical inscriptions, and comparison with both eastern and western varieties of Jewish Aramaic. The modern dialect of Turoyo is also examined, and two appendices discuss the traditional pronunciation of West Syriac and the pronunciation of Modern Literary Syriac, and offer a sketch of Turoyo phonology.

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Information

Publisher
Gorgias Press
Year
2015
eBook ISBN
9781463236847
Edition
1
Topic
Languages & Linguistics
Subtopic
Linguistics
Index
Languages & Linguistics
57
3 
C
ONSONANTS
a 
Inventory 
of 
consonants 
The 
Ax^mcŠ 
Abtk
or 
‘Book 
of 
Splendours’ 
by 
the 
thirteenth 
century 
grammarian 
Gregorios 
Bar 
Hebraeus 
is 
the 
most 
comprehensive 
and 
systematic 
native 
treatment 
of 
Syriac 
phonology 
and 
grammar. 
Below 
the 
statements 
in 
his 
treatise 
will 
serve 
as 
basis 
for 
the 
pre-
sent 
analysis 
of 
Syriac 
consonants. 
In 
the 
list 
most 
consonants 
with 
a 
one-to-one 
correspondence 
with 
Proto-Semitic 
(
1d
) 
will 
pass 
unnoticed. 
Comments 
will 
appear 
in 
the 
ensuing 
notes. 
Bar 
Hebraeus 
classifies 
Syriac 
consonants 
according 
to 
their 
degree 
of 
closure. 
He 
avoids 
discussions 
of 
voice 
and 
emphasis, 
apparently 
because 
Syriac 
shared 
these 
features 
with 
Arabic. 
Like 
Arab 
grammarians, 
however, 
he 
offers 
a 
detailed 
classification 
in 
terms 
of 
zones 
of 
articulation.
76
Inventory 
of 
consonants: 
b
voiced 
bilabial 
plosive 
p
voiceless 
bilabial 
aspirated 
plosive 
≠
voiceless 
bilabial 
unaspirated 
plosive 
(1) 
m
voiced 
bilabial 
nasal 
w
voiced 
bilabial 
semivowel 
v
voiced 
labiodental 
fricative 
(2) 
f
voiceless 
labiodental 
fricative 
(2) 
π
voiced 
interdental 
fricative 
(2) 
76
BdS 
II 
7f., 
LdS 
193f. 

Table of contents

  1. TABLE OF CONTENTS
  2. FOREWORD
  3. ABBREVIATIONS – LITERATURE
  4. ABBREVIATIONS – GENERAL
  5. ABBREVIATIONS – BIBLICAL BOOKS
  6. 1. PRELIMINARIES
  7. 2. FEATURES OF EARLY SYRIAC
  8. 3. CONSONANTS
  9. 4. ASSIMILATION AND DISSIMILATION OF CONSONANTS
  10. 5. VOWELS
  11. 6. THE AUXILIARY VOWEL
  12. 7. VOWELS AND VOWEL QUANTITY
  13. 8. STRESS
  14. 9. APPENDIX: THE MODERN PRONUNCIATION OF THE WEST SYRIAC LITERARY LANGUAGE
  15. 10. APPENDIX: A SKETCH OF TUROYO PHONOLOGY
  16. BIBLIOGRAPHY