Neo-Aramaic Dialect of the Jews of Dohok

Dorota Molin, Ph.D. in 2021 for her research on Jewish Neo-Aramaic. She currently researches on Aramaic and Biblical Hebrew. She teaches Biblical Hebrew at the University of Oxford, and Jewish Neo-Aramaic at the Oxford School of Rare Jewish Languages.

• PrefaceList of Figures and MapsList of TablesAbbreviations and Symbols1 Introduction1 Aims2 The Jews of Dohok and Their Endangered Language3 Neo-Aramaic: The Last Surviving Branch of an Ancient Linguistic Tradition4 Jewish and Christian NENA: Differences and Similarities5 Jewish NENA: Subgroupings and History6 Distinctive Features of J. Dohok NENA7 An Overview of Previous Research8 Methods and Assumptions9 Book Content, Limitations and References to Supplementary LiteraturePart 1 Phonology and Phonetics2 The Segments: Consonants and Vowels1 Consonants2 Vowels3 Phonetic Processes and Larger Phonological Units1 Phonetically-Conditioned Processes Affecting Consonants2 Emphasis Spread (Affecting Consonants and Vowels)3 Phonotactics4 Intonation Units: Nucleus Stress and PausePart2 Morphology4 Pronouns1 Independent Personal Pronouns2 Demonstrative Pronouns3 Pronominal Suffixes on Nouns and Prepositions4 The Independent Genitive Particle5 Reflexive Pronoun6 The Pronoun of Independence7 The Pronoun of Isolation8 Interrogative Pronouns9 Indefinite Pronouns5 Overview of Nouns and Adjectives1 Nouns2 Adjectives and Their Agreement with Nouns3 Annexation of Nouns6 Verbal Morphology1 The Inventory of Patterns, Stems and Inflectional Affixes2 Weak Verbs in Pattern I3 Weak Verbs in Pattern II4 Weak Verbs in Pattern III5 Irregular Verbs7 Numerals1 Cardinal Numbers2 Ordinal Numbers3 Days of the Week & Seasons8 Adverbials and Prepositions1 Adverbials2 PrepositionsPart 3 Morphosyntax and Syntax9 Pronominal Objects and Object-like Arguments, and Differential Object Marking1 Objects of Monotransitive2 The Ditransitive and Constructions with Object-like Arguments3 Past Perfective Forms4 Object (P, T and R) Affixes on Past Perfective Forms in LD in General5 Differential Object Marking in J. Dohok and in NENA Generally6 Summary of Distinctive Features10 The Morphology and Syntax of the Copula1 J. Dohok Copulas: Morphology and Basic Syntax Rules2 The Semantics and Pragmatics of NENA Copula Clauses3 Wele/Basic Copula+Verbal Predicate4 Wele/Basic Copula + Non-verbal Predicate Clauses5 Non-verbal Predicate = Basic Copula6 Basic Copula + Predicate (Non-verbal, Permanent Property)7 Summary of Present Tense Copula Clauses in J. Dohok8 Past Tense Copula Clauses9 Negated Copula Clauses (All Clause Types)10 Irrealis Copula Clauses11 Clauses Lacking a Copula12 Comparative and Diachronic Discussion11 The Tense-Aspect-Mood System1 Šaqəl2 K-šaqəl3 Šaqəl and k-šaqəl for Irrealis Mood in Past Purpose Clauses4 B-šaqəl5 La k-šaqəl6 Šqəlle (and qam-šaqəl-la)7 Šqəl-wa-le8 Šaqəl-wa9 K-šaqəl-wa10 B-šaqəl-wa11 K-šaqəl(-wa) in a Diachronic and Comparative Perspective12 B-šaqəl(-wa) in a Diachronic and Comparative Perspective13 Copula + Participle (wele šqila)14 Copula + in-Infinitive (wele bə-šqala) and wal/hol/hole k-šaqəl15 Expression of Other TAM Categories12 Text Sample with a Glossary1 Narrative Text with a Glossed Sample2 Glossary of Words from the Story13 ConclusionBibliographyIndex