| Title: | Neo-Aramaic Dialect Studies |
| Subtitle: | Proceedings of a Workshop on Neo-Aramaic held in Cambridge 2005 |
| Series: | Gorgias Neo-Aramaic Studies 1 |
| Publisher: | Gorgias Press LLC |
| Publication Date: | 5/2008 |
| Availability: | In Print |
| ISBN: | 978-1-59333-423-9 |
| Language: | English and Syriac |
| Format: | Hardback, 6 x 9 in |
| Volumes: | 1 |
| Pages: | i-viii+204 |
This volume contains a collection of papers on various aspects of the grammar of Neo-Aramaic, with special attention to the North Eastern Neo-Aramaic dialect group. The papers include descriptions of numerous hitherto undescribed dialects, including those of Tyare, Sat, Calla, Barwar, Karamlesh, Telkepe, Peshabur and those of the Aqra region. Some papers deal with diachronic issues and discuss the relationship of the modern dialects with earlier forms of Aramaic. Particular attention is given by some contributions to syntactic structure and function. The traditions of Neo-Aramaic Bible translation are studied in one paper.
Geoffrey Khan holds a Ph.D. in Semitic Languages, from the School of Oriental and African Studies, London (1984). He is currently Professor of Semitic Philology, at the University of Cambridge. In 1998, he was elected Fellow of the British Academy and in 2004 was awarded the Lidzbarski Gold Medal for Semitic Philology.
