Del 54 i serien Studies in Semitic Languages and Linguistics

Jewish Neo-Aramaic Dialect of Challa

Inbunden, Arameiska, 2009

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Aramaic has been spoken uninterruptedly for more than 3000 years, yet a generation from now most Aramaic dialects will be extinct. The study of the Northeastern Neo-Aramaic (NENA) dialects has increased dramatically in the past decade as linguists seek to record these dialects before the disappearance of their last speakers. This work is a unique documentation of the now extinct Jewish Neo-Aramaic dialect of Challa (modern-day Çukurca, Turkey). It is based on recordings of the last native speaker of the dialect, who passed away in 2007. In addition to a grammatical description, it contains sample texts and a glossary of the dialect. Jewish Challa belongs to the cluster of NENA dialects known as 'lishana deni' and reference is made throughout to other dialects within this group.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum2009-12-14
Mått160 x 240 x 24 mm
Vikt723 g
FormatInbunden
SpråkArameiska, Engelska
SerieStudies in Semitic Languages and Linguistics
Antal sidor318
FörlagBrill
ISBN9789004176829

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"When one arrives at the texts, one encounters a pleasant surprise: the texts [...] are lively and involved tales of life in a country not too unfamiliar and in a time not too long ago—yet a life utterly different than what is familiar to most readers of a book on Neo-Aramaic grammar. [...] In a very impressive feat the original language (most often Aramaic, Arabic, Hebrew, Kurdish, or Turkish) of every lexical item is given, together (occasionally) with a brief reference. [... For scholars used to dealing with a stable grammar, encountering the chaos of Shabbo’s speech is a humbling experience, and Fasberg is to be commended for bringing it to us." Aaron Koller, Review of Biblical Literature,[http://www.bookreviews.org] (2012)