Paronomastic Infinitives in North-Eastern Neo-Aramaic: A Typological Approach

In the present article we aim to describe the distribution and functions of preposed and postposed paronomastic infinitives in literary and spoken varieties of North-Eastern Neo-Aramaic (NENA). In the first part, the syntax and the function(s) of constructions involving a paronomastic infinitive wil...

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Published in:Aramaic studies
Authors: Mengozzi, Alessandro 1969- (Author) ; Miola, Emanuele (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Brill [2018]
In: Aramaic studies
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Grammar / Aramaic language / Appendix:Neo
RelBib Classification:BH Judaism
CA Christianity
Further subjects:B paronomastic infinitives
B Bible translations
B Typology
B North-Eastern Neo-Aramaic
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Summary:In the present article we aim to describe the distribution and functions of preposed and postposed paronomastic infinitives in literary and spoken varieties of North-Eastern Neo-Aramaic (NENA). In the first part, the syntax and the function(s) of constructions involving a paronomastic infinitive will be described from a typological point of view. Syntactic and functional variation of NENA paronomastic infinitives largely corresponds to what is found in other Semitic languages, as well as in many languages belonging to other families. In the second part of the article we will address the rendering of Biblical Hebrew and Classical Syriac paronomastic infinitives in NENA Bible translations and offer a survey of various constructions found in spoken varieties and in the language of early Christian Neo-Aramaic poetry.
ISSN:1745-5227
Contains:Enthalten in: Aramaic studies
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1163/17455227-01602006