Folk Etymology in the North-Eastern Neo-Aramaic Dialects

Although folk etymology is a common linguistic phenomenon, it has hitherto hardly been touched upon in lexicological and other works related to varieties of Neo-Aramaic. The present article concerns twelve cases of folk etymology selected from some of the dialects of North-Eastern Neo-Aramaic (NENA)...

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Main Author: Mutsafi, Ḥezi 1968- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Brill [2018]
In: Aramaic studies
Year: 2018, Volume: 16, Issue: 2, Pages: 215-233
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Aramaic language / Appendix:Neo / Popular etymology
RelBib Classification:BH Judaism
Further subjects:B folk-etymological alteration
B folk etymology
B folk-etymological interpretation
B lexical cognates
B NENA
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