The Morphosyntax of Embedded Clauses in Western Neo-Aramaic: Arabic Influence or Retention from Older Aramaic?

The article asks whether the morphosyntax of embedded direct object clauses and purpose clauses in Western Neo-Aramaic reflects retention from older stages of Aramaic, or innovation under the influence of contact Arabic. To this end, direct object clauses and purpose clauses are analysed in Western...

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Main Author: Bunis, Ivri J. (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Brill 2021
In: Aramaic studies
Year: 2021, Volume: 19, Issue: 2, Pages: 225-278
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Aramaic language / Mlahso-Aramäisch / Morphosyntax / Arabic language / Syriac language / Objektsatz
IxTheo Classification:BH Judaism
HA Bible
Further subjects:B Western Aramaic
B embedded clauses
B historical morphosyntax
B Western Neo-Aramaic
B language contact
B Syrian Arabic
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Summary:The article asks whether the morphosyntax of embedded direct object clauses and purpose clauses in Western Neo-Aramaic reflects retention from older stages of Aramaic, or innovation under the influence of contact Arabic. To this end, direct object clauses and purpose clauses are analysed in Western Neo-Aramaic, in older stages of Aramaic, namely, Old, Official, Biblical and Qumran Aramaic, as well as Syriac, the three Western Late Aramaic dialects (CPA, JPA, SA), and in contemporaneous Syrian Arabic. The analysis considers the embedded verb form, the formal means of linking the embedded clause to the matrix clause, and the co-referentiality of the matrix and embedded subjects, and relates these features to tense-aspect-mood. The article compares the constructions in the various sources of Aramaic and Syrian Arabic and finds features that Western Neo-Aramaic has retained from Late Aramaic, which differ from Syrian Arabic, despite the well documented influence of the latter.
ISSN:1745-5227
Contains:Enthalten in: Aramaic studies
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1163/17455227-bja10026