The Integration of Consonants in Greek Loanwords in Syriac.

The present study analyses the integration of consonants in Greek loanwords in Syriac. It is shown that in the vast majority of cases each Greek consonantal phoneme is represented by a single consonant in Syriac. Correspondences that deviate from this are usually the result of one of two causes. Fir...

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Published in:Aramaic Studies Vol. 14; no. 1; pp. 1 - 36
Main Author: Butts, Aaron Michael
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Published: Brill Academic Publishers 2016
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