The Jewish Neo-Aramaic Dialect of Sulemaniyya and Ḥalabja

by Geoffrey Khan

This volume contains a detailed grammatical description of the spoken Aramaic dialect of the Jewish communities in the towns of Sulemaniyya and Ḥalabja in North Eastern Iraq. It also includes a transcription of oral texts recorded in the dialect.
The grammar is based on extensive fieldwork carried out among native speakers. It consists of sections on phonology, morphology and syntax. There is also a study of semantic fields in the lexicon...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9004138692
• ISBN13: 9789004138698
• Release Date: May 2004
• Publisher: Brill
• Length: 622 Pages
• Weight: 2.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.8" x 6.6" x 9.6"