Search for dissertations about: "Geoffrey Khan"

Found 3 swedish dissertations containing the words Geoffrey Khan.

  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. 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

  5. 3. Arabic Borrowings in Ṣūrayt/Ṭūrōyo within the Framework of Phonological Correspondences  : In Comparison with other Semitic Languages

    Author : Sina Tezel; Bo Isaksson; Jan Retsö; Geoffrey Khan; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Ṭūrōyo; Arabic borrowings; phonological correspondences; Semitic languages; cognate roots; etymology; bəġaḏkəfaṯ; neologisms; Semitic languages; Semitiska språk; Semitic Languages; Semitiska språk;

    Abstract : A group of Semitic cognate roots within the framework of phonological correspondences contain one (or more) of the following Proto-Semitic consonants *g, *ṯ, *ḏ, *ṯ̣, *ḏ̣/ṣ́, *ḫ, *ġ, *ś, *š, which differ significantly in the various principal Semitic languages. Their Arabic reflexes are ǧ, ṯ, ḏ, ẓ, ḍ, ḫ, ġ, š, s. READ MORE