The Three Rhotic Phonemes in Ṭyare Neo-Aramaic
Whereas many North-Eastern Neo-Aramaic (nena) dialects exhibit two rhotic (R-) phonemes, mostly an alveolar /r/ as opposed to an emphatic alveolar /ṛ/, a striking feature related to rhotic differentiation, hitherto attested only in the Christian nena dialect of Bariṭle, is a threefold distinction of...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Brill
2014
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Aramaic studies
Year: 2014, Volume: 12, Issue: 2, Pages: 168-184 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Linguistics
/ Aramaic language
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| IxTheo Classification: | TC Pre-Christian history ; Ancient Near East |
| Further subjects: | B
rhotic phoneme
retroflex rhotic phoneme
Ṭyare Neo-Aramaic
North-Eastern Neo-Aramaic (nena)
inherited nena lexicon
Akkadian substrate words
classicisms
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| Summary: | Whereas many North-Eastern Neo-Aramaic (nena) dialects exhibit two rhotic (R-) phonemes, mostly an alveolar /r/ as opposed to an emphatic alveolar /ṛ/, a striking feature related to rhotic differentiation, hitherto attested only in the Christian nena dialect of Bariṭle, is a threefold distinction of retroflex, alveolar and emphatic alveolar R-phonemes. This article demonstrates that such a distinction exists also in the Christian nena dialect-cluster of Ṭyare, discusses the nature and distribution of each of the three R-phonemes in Ṭyare, and suggests a diachronic account of the threefold split of r in this dialect-cluster. |
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| ISSN: | 1745-5227 |
| Contains: | In: Aramaic studies
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1163/17455227-01202004 |