Iranian Loanwords in Syriac
By (author) Claudia Ciancaglini
(Hardback) (Published)
(April 2008)
ISBN: 9783895006241
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The book investigates the deep linguistic contact between Iranians and Arameans from the formation of the Achaemenid empire onwards, and focuses especially on the linguistic relationship between Middle Persian and Classical Syriac during the Sasanian empire, a subject on which a modern systematic study was still missing. <br/>The first part of the book is a detailed study of the historical and linguistic conditions which favoured the entry of a great number of Iranian words into Syriac and the linguistic consequences of such borrowings. The second part contains, in dictionary form, hundreds of entries in which each single Iranian loanword is considered, together with its etymon, alternative forms, and derivatives. Each entry also includes a list of occurrences and the relevant bibliography. A complete index of words closes the volume.<br/>The study of the prolonged contact between such prestigious languages as Syriac and Middle Persian, that are only attested in written records, enriches our knowledge of the typologies of language interference and bilingualism in ancient society. More specifically, it allows to recover a considerable amount of otherwise unattested Middle Persian vocabulary and provides new insights into the linguistic systems of both Syriac and Middle Persian.<br/>
The book investigates the deep linguistic contact between Iranians and Arameans from the formation of the Achaemenid empire onwards, and focuses especially on the linguistic relationship between Middle Persian and Classical Syriac during the Sasanian empire, a subject on which a modern systematic study was still missing. The first part of the book is a detailed study of the historical and linguistic conditions which favoured the entry of a great number of Iranian words into Syriac and the linguistic consequences of such borrowings. The second part contains, in dictionary form, hundreds of entries in which each single Iranian loanword is considered, together with its etymon, alternative forms, and derivatives. Each entry also includes a list of occurrences and the relevant bibliography. A complete index of words closes the volume. The study of the prolonged contact between such prestigious languages as Syriac and Middle Persian, that are only attested in written records, enriches our knowledge of the typologies of language interference and bilingualism in ancient society. More specifically, it allows to recover a considerable amount of otherwise unattested Middle Persian vocabulary and provides new insights into the linguistic systems of both Syriac and Middle Persian.
- By (author) Claudia Ciancaglini
"This is certainly one of the most remarkable works in Iranian philology, particularly in Irano-Semitic linguistic interrelations, published in the recent times. It will definitely rank among the important reference book in Iranian Studies in decades ahead." Garnik Asatrian, Iran and the Caucasus. 15 (2011). pp. 322-325
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“This is certainly one of the most remarkable works in Iranian philology, particularly in Irano-Semitic linguistic interrelations, published in the recent times. It will definitely rank among the important reference book in Iranian Studies in decades ahead.”<br/><br/>Garnik Asatrian<br/><br/>In: Iran and the Caucasus. 15 (2011). pp. 322-325.<br/>
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