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A linguistic, analogical, and computational analysis of the Syriac d-stem in Psalms I-XXX according to the Peshiṭta version [PDF]
, 2023 The function of the Semitic Doppelungsstamm, or D-stem, has proven one of the most vexing problems in Semitic linguistics. While grammarians regularly associate the D-stem with some manner of plurality, the precise contours of this relationship have remained obscure.
Volkmer, Jeffrey, Taylor, David
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Automatic Interlinear Syriac Glosser [PDF]
, 2021 The Syriac Glosser is an automated Syriac glossing tool. There are three core functionalities of the glosser: Transcribes Syriac characters according to a romanisation scheme (see Data Caveats below for character mapping file), and; Queries lexical ...
Charbel El-Khaissi
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Greek, Syriac and Iranian Loanwords in Ancient Armenian: Reflexes of Voiceless Stops in Word-Initial Position [PDF]
, 2022 In the Late Antiquity plurilingualism was a very widespread phenomenon in Armenia. As a consequence a significant part of Ancient Armenian lexicon consists in lexical borrowings from Middle Iranian, Syriac and Greek. However, these languages were in turn
A. Scala
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The Quest for 'Falsehood', or a Survey of Tools for the Study of Greek-Syriac-Arabic Translations [PDF]
, 2020 This article surveys the tools available for those interested in the study of Greek-Syriac-Arabic translations of Greek scientific literature. Presenting both standard printed works and the available digital databases, it identifies the respective ...
Arzhanov, Yury +4 more
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Linking syriac liturgies:Digitizing card collections and handwritten notes from the archives of the Peshitta Institute: Linguistics and literature [PDF]
, 2020 The Peshitta is the Syriac translation of the Bible from the second century AD. It had an enormous cultural and literary impact in the Middle East, no less than the role that, for example, the Latin Vulgate played in large parts of (Western) Europe.
van Peursen, Wido; id_orcid +2 more
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The relationship between Arabic Allāh and Syriac Allāhā [PDF]
, 2012 Various etymologies have been proposed for Arabic allāh but also for Syriac allāhā. It has often been proposed that the Arabic word was borrowed from Syriac. This article takes a comprehensive look at the linguistic evidence at hand. Especially, it takes
Kiltz, David
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Linguistic purism as resistance to colonization
Journal of Sociolinguistics, Volume 26, Issue 3, Page 315-334, June 2022., 2022 Abstract As the Mongolian language is equated with ethnic survival in Inner Mongolia, the metadiscourse of Mongolian linguistic purism has become a vital tactic for enacting Mongolian identity and creating a counterspace against Chinese linguistic and cultural hegemony.
Gegentuul Baioud, Cholmon Khuanuud
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Transactions of the Philological Society, Volume 120, Issue 1, Page 128-183, March 2022., 2022 Abstract The system of adversative conjunction in the Old Church Slavic Gospels is characterized by two pure adversatives, nŭ and the much less frequent obače, together with two other forms, a and že, which are employed with equal or greater frequency in non‐adversative conjunctive roles. The relationship between nŭ and a is complex.
Jared S. Klein
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THE DEMOCRATIC UNION PARTY (PYD) AND PEOPLE'S PROTECTION UNITS (YPG) IN TURKISH OFFICIAL DISCOURSE
World Affairs, Volume 185, Issue 1, Page 59-90, Spring 2022., 2022 This article explores the construction of the Syrian Kurdish Democratic Union Party (PYD) and the People's Protection Units (YPG) in Turkish official discourse. In the article, I employ critical discourse analysis (CDA) to analyze written texts produced during the years 2014–2019 that reflect the position of the Turkish authorities.
Azad Deewanee
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The 203rd Third Meeting of the American Oriental Society
American Journal of Islam and Society, 1993 The annual meeting featured panels on the Ancient Near East and Art History; East Asia; Islam, South, and Southeast Asia; The Ancient Near East; and Linguistics. In this report the sessions on Islam are covered.
Muhammad Akram
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