The Syriac dot : a short history /

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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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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Kiraz, George Anton (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Piscataway, NJ : Gorgias Press, [2015]
Subjects:
Syriac language > Accents and accentuation.
Syriaque (Langue) > Accents et accentuation.
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES > Linguistics > General.
Syriac language > Accents and accentuation
Online Access:Texto completo
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Summary: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.
Physical Description:1 online resource
ISBN:1463236573
9781463236571

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