The Zuqnin Chronicle as Evidence of Vernacular Aramaic in Eighth-Century Northern Mesopotamia
This article examines a Syriac historiographical writing of the late eighth century - the so-called Zuqnin Chronicle, or the Chronicle of Pseudo-Dionysius of Tell Maḥre - and certain lexical features that are found at the end of the work. It is argued that these lexical items were drawn into the chr...
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Type de support: | Électronique Article |
Langue: | Anglais |
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Brill
[2020]
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Aramaic studies
Année: 2020, Volume: 18, Numéro: 2, Pages: 240-267 |
Sujets / Chaînes de mots-clés standardisés: | B
Araméen
/ Syriaque
/ Chronique universelle
/ Diyarbakır (Région)
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RelBib Classification: | TF Haut Moyen Âge |
Sujets non-standardisés: | B
Diyarbakır
B history of Aramaic languages B Amid B Aramaic vernacular B Neo-Aramaic B Turoyo B Zuqnin Chronicle B Chronicle of Pseudo-Dionysius of Tell Maḥre |
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Résumé: | This article examines a Syriac historiographical writing of the late eighth century - the so-called Zuqnin Chronicle, or the Chronicle of Pseudo-Dionysius of Tell Maḥre - and certain lexical features that are found at the end of the work. It is argued that these lexical items were drawn into the chronicle from a colloquial Aramaic language spoken in the vicinity of Amid, and that this colloquial variant is linked with the Neo-Aramaic language Turoyo. In addition, the article offers a methodology for identifying colloquial Aramaic words in the corpus of Classical Syriac literature. |
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ISSN: | 1745-5227 |
Contient: | Enthalten in: Aramaic studies
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Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1163/17455227-bja10011 |