Sprache:
Englisch
Erscheinungsjahr:
2021
Titel der Quelle:
Aramaic Studies
Angaben zur Quelle:
19,2 (2021) 225-278
Schlagwort(e):
Aramaic language Dialects
;
Aramaic language Morphology
;
Aramaic language Syntax
;
Aramaic language Clauses
;
Languages in contact History
;
Arabic language Influence on Aramaic
Kurzfassung:
The article asks whether the morphosyntax of embedded direct object clauses and purpose clauses in Western Neo-Aramaic reflects retention from older stages of Aramaic, or innovation under the influence of contact Arabic. To this end, direct object clauses and purpose clauses are analysed in Western Neo-Aramaic, in older stages of Aramaic, namely, Old, Official, Biblical and Qumran Aramaic, as well as Syriac, the three Western Late Aramaic dialects (CPA, JPA, SA), and in contemporaneous Syrian Arabic. The analysis considers the embedded verb form, the formal means of linking the embedded clause to the matrix clause, and the co-referentiality of the matrix and embedded subjects, and relates these features to tense-aspect-mood. The article compares the constructions in the various sources of Aramaic and Syrian Arabic and finds features that Western Neo-Aramaic has retained from Late Aramaic, which differ from Syrian Arabic, despite the well documented influence of the latter.
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