Folk Etymology in the North-Eastern Neo-Aramaic Dialects
Although folk etymology is a common linguistic phenomenon, it has hitherto hardly been touched upon in lexicological and other works related to varieties of Neo-Aramaic. The present article concerns twelve cases of folk etymology selected from some of the dialects of North-Eastern Neo-Aramaic (NENA)...
Published in: | Aramaic studies |
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Format: | Electronic Article |
Language: | English |
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Brill
[2018]
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In: |
Aramaic studies
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Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Aramaic language
/ Appendix:Neo
/ Popular etymology
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RelBib Classification: | BH Judaism |
Further subjects: | B
folk-etymological alteration
B folk etymology B folk-etymological interpretation B lexical cognates B NENA |
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Summary: | Although folk etymology is a common linguistic phenomenon, it has hitherto hardly been touched upon in lexicological and other works related to varieties of Neo-Aramaic. The present article concerns twelve cases of folk etymology selected from some of the dialects of North-Eastern Neo-Aramaic (NENA), the largest and most variegated division of modern Aramaic. Among these are three folk-etymological interpretations that did not induce structural or other changes, as well as nine cases of folk-etymological processes that reshaped NENA lexical items. |
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ISSN: | 1745-5227 |
Contains: | Enthalten in: Aramaic studies
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Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1163/17455227-01602007 |