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This book is a detailed study of contact-induced change in the
Neo-Aramaic dialect of the Jews of Sanandaj, a town in western
Iran. Since its foundation in early 17th century, the city has been
home to a significant Jewish community. The Jewish Neo-Aramaic
dialect of the town displays different historical layers of contact
with various Iranian languages over the course of many centuries.
The Iranian languages in question are Gorani, Kurdish, and Persian.
Among these, Gorani has had a particularly deep impact on Jewish
Neo-Aramaic, whereas the impact of Kurdish, and especially Persian,
remains superficial. Jewish Neo-Aramaic records a history of
language shift from Gorani to Kurdish in the region. The book
offers insights into contact-induced change in social contexts in
which a language is maintained as a demarcation of communal
identity in a multilingual setting.
The languages of Western Asia belong to a variety of language
families, including Indo-European, Kartvelian, Semitic, and Turkic,
but share numerous features on account of being in areal contact
over many centuries. This volume presents descriptions of the
modern languages, contributed by leading specialists, and evaluates
similarities across the languages that may have arisen by areal
contact. It begins with an introductory chapter presenting an
overview of the various genetic groupings in the region and
summarizing some of the significant features and issues relating to
language contact. In the core of the volume the presentation of the
languages is divided into five contact areas, which include (i)
eastern Anatolia and northwestern Iran, (ii) northern Iraq, (iii)
western Iran, (iv) the Caspian region and south Azerbaijan, and (v)
the Caucasian rim and southern Black Sea coast. Each section
contains chapters devoted to the languages of the area preceded by
an introductory section that highlights significant contact
phenomena. The volume is rounded off by an appendix with basic
lexical items across a selection of the languages. The handbook
features contributions by Erik Anonby, Denise Bailey, Christiane
Bulut, David Erschler, Geoffrey Haig, Geoffrey Khan, Rene Lacroix,
Parvin Mahmoudveysi, Hrach Martirosyan, Ludwig Paul, Stephan
Prochazka, Laurentia Schreiber, Don Stilo, Mortaza Taheri-Ardali,
Christina van der Wal Anonby.
This book is intended to provide a quick introductory overview of
the Tiberian Masoretic tradition of the Hebrew Bible and its
background. It was this tradition that produced the great Masoretic
codices of the Middle Ages, which form the basis of modern printed
editions of the Hebrew Bible. Particular prominence is given to the
multi-layered nature of the Masoretic tradition. The volume
contains a section describing the Tiberian reading tradition, which
is essential for a correct understanding of the vocalization
system.
This volume presents a description of the Neo-Aramaic dialect that
was spoken by the Jews of Sanandaj in western Iran, but which is
now virtually extinct. The material for the volume was gathered
firsthand in fieldwork conducted with the last remaining speakers
in Israel. The volume consists of a detailed grammatical
description, a corpus of transcribed texts, including folktales,
historical accounts and portrayals of customs, and an extensive
glossary.
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