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The Syriac dot : a short history /

The dot is used for everything in Syriac from tense to gender, number, and pronunciation, and unsurprisingly represents one of the biggest obstacles to learning the language. Using inscriptions, early grammars, and experiments with modern scribes, Dr. Kiraz peels back the evolution of the dot layer...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Kiraz, George Anton (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Piscataway, NJ : Gorgias Press, [2015]
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:The dot is used for everything in Syriac from tense to gender, number, and pronunciation, and unsurprisingly represents one of the biggest obstacles to learning the language. Using inscriptions, early grammars, and experiments with modern scribes, Dr. Kiraz peels back the evolution of the dot layer by layer to explain each of its uses in detail and to show how it adopted the wide range of uses it has today.
Descripción Física:1 online resource
ISBN:1463236573
9781463236571