Search for dissertations about: "Aramaic"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 8 swedish dissertations containing the word Aramaic.

2. 1. The Neo-Aramaic dialect of Alqosh

   Author : Eleanor Coghill; Geoffrey Khan; University of Cambridge; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Alqosh; Neo-Aramaic; dialectology; language documentation; endangered languages; Semitic; Aramaic; Iraq; Semitic Languages; Semitiska språk; Linguistics; Lingvistik;

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4. 2. Aramaic Loanwords in Neo-Assyrian 900–600 B.C

   Author : Zack Cherry; Olof Pedersén; Mats Eskhult; Mario Fales; Uppsala universitet; []
   Keywords : Neo-Assyrian; Aramaic loanwords; language contact; etymology; cognates; ghost word; Semitic languages; source word; Assyriology; Assyriologi;

   Abstract : This study aimed at identifying and analyzing Aramaic loanwords in Neo-Assyrian for the period 900–600 B.C. As two Semitic languages, Neo-Assyrian and Aramaic are sibling-descendants of a postulated common ancestor, Proto-Semitic. The study provides information about the contact between the two languages and about the people who spoke them. READ MORE

5. 3. A Passing Power : An Examination of the Sources for the History of Aram-Damascus in the Second Half of the Ninth Century B.C

   Author : Sigurdur Hafthorsson; Stig Norin; Dag Oredsson; Hans Barstad; Uppsala universitet; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Biblical studies; 1 Kings; 2 Kings; Adad-idri; Adad-nirari III; Ahab; Aram; Aramaic; Aram-Damascus; Arslan-Tash; Ashtaroth; Assyriology; Bar-Hadad; Ben-Hadad; Bethsaida; Bible; biblical archaeology; bit-hilani; Black Obelisk; empire; Damascus; Hazael; Hazor; hegemony; Iron Age II; Melqart; Old Testament; Ramoth Gilead; Shalmaneser III; Tel Dan; Zakkur; Bibelvetenskap exegetik; Religion Theology; Religionsvetenskap Teologi; gamla testamentets exegetik; Old Testament Exegesis;

   Abstract : Much has been written about the kingdom of Aram-Damascus, and if one considers the scarcity of the source material, one could almost say: too much! One of the results of this study is that our historical sources do not support such an extensive history of this kingdom as some scholars have written. The study is a thorough examination of both textual and archaeological sources for the history of the kingdom of Aram-Damascus. READ MORE

6. 4. Hendiadys in the Hebrew Bible, An Investigation of the Applications of the Term

   Author : Rosmari Lillas; Göteborgs universitet; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; hendiadys; rhetorical figures; classical languages; Virgil; Servius; Hebrew Bible; Aramaic; Latin; Greek; semantics; pragmatics; idioms; semantic fields; antonyms; synonyms; adverbial modifiers; incongruence; Arabic; Akkadian; inalienability;

   Abstract : It is evident that the term hendiadys, which is derived from the classical rhetorial tradition has for hundred of years been frequently applied to constructions and combinations of components in the Hebrew Bible. This study investigates on which constructions and components in the Hebrew Bible that the term hendiadys is applied to, and hence which phenomena that induces the use of the term. READ MORE

7. 5. The History of Standard Negation in Semitic

   Author : Ambjörn Sjörs; Bo Isaksson; John Huehnergard; Geoffrey Khan; Uppsala universitet; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; negation; Semitic; linguistics; grammaticalization; diachrony; comparative; Akkadian; Assyrian; Babylonian; Ugaritic; Biblical Hebrew; Arabic; Phoenician; Aramaic; Sabaic; Minaic; Jibbali; Tigre; Tigrinya; Amharic; Harari; Gurage; Semitic Languages; Semitiska språk;

   Abstract : This thesis provides a synchronic description of verbal negation in over fifteen Semitic languages and a historical assessment of these expressions. The objectives are to describe the expression of standard negation in these languages, to compare these negative clauses with their affirmative counterparts as well as  expressions of non-standard negation, and to relate historically the negative expressions of different languages. READ MORE