Linguistic and cultural studies in Aramaic and Arabic
By: by Edward Odisho.
Series: Gorgias précis portfolios -- 5
Publisher: Gorgias Press
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Piscataway
Language: eng
Subjects: Syriac language, Modern -- Phonology; Syriac language, Modern -- Phonetics; Syriac language, Modern -- Social aspects; Arabic language -- Phonology; Arabic language -- Phonetics; Arabic language -- Social aspects
Notes: Some text translated into modern Syriac or Arabic.
Table of contents: title: The ethnic, linguistic and cultural identity of modern Assyrians; title: Bilingualism : a salient and dynamic feature of ancient civilizations; title: "Bi-" and "multi-" situations in writing systems, writing mediums and writing implements; title: Arab/Muslim scientific heritage : a mono or multi-ethnic/religious enterprise; title: A comparative study of petnames in English and Assyrian; title: The role of aspiration in the transliteration of loanwords in Aramaic and Arabic; title: Recent demographic changes in Aramaic-speaking population of Iraq : return of some phonological features of classical Aramaic; title: Aspiration, spirantization and approximation in Neo-Aramaic : a more refined identification; title: The destiny of modern Syriac; title: Arabic and Spanish : linguistic and cultural interactions; title: Empowering Arabic orthography for better transliteration of foreign languages; title: Word inflation vs. word deflation : a major source of mispronunciation among Arab learners of English; title: Formation of sound plurals and duals in Arabic : a phonetic/phonological approach; title: An aerodynamic, proprioceptive and perceptual interpretation of Sibawayhi's misplacement of / ?/ and / ?/ with Majhira consonants; title: The sun or moon status of Arabic : a descriptive perspective; title: Arabic /q / : a voiceless unaspirated uvular plosive.