TY - JOUR
T1 - 'The Sound Change *ṯ > š in Ṭyare Neo-Aramaic
AU - Mutzafi, Hezy
PY - 2007
Y1 - 2007
N2 - This article seeks to define the phonetic conditions and dialectal distribution of the sound change *t > š in Ṭyare, a dialect cluster within North-Eastern Neo-Aramaic (NENA). Hardly any reliable information concerning this shift can be learnt from the scholarly literature, for it is almost entirely based on Codex Sachau 337, a late nineteenth century manuscript marred by numerous hyper-corrections, ghost-forms and non-Ṭyare dialectal forms and lexemes, which appear alongside some genuine Ṭyare forms. In light of the author’s research with Ṭyare speakers, it is concluded that the sound change *t > š has initially occurred only after y or i, as a result of partial assimilation, and that it is found in all but four Ṭyare dialects located in the western and southwestern periphery of Ṭyare territory.
AB - This article seeks to define the phonetic conditions and dialectal distribution of the sound change *t > š in Ṭyare, a dialect cluster within North-Eastern Neo-Aramaic (NENA). Hardly any reliable information concerning this shift can be learnt from the scholarly literature, for it is almost entirely based on Codex Sachau 337, a late nineteenth century manuscript marred by numerous hyper-corrections, ghost-forms and non-Ṭyare dialectal forms and lexemes, which appear alongside some genuine Ṭyare forms. In light of the author’s research with Ṭyare speakers, it is concluded that the sound change *t > š has initially occurred only after y or i, as a result of partial assimilation, and that it is found in all but four Ṭyare dialects located in the western and southwestern periphery of Ṭyare territory.
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U2 - 10.2143/MUS.120.3.2024680
DO - 10.2143/MUS.120.3.2024680
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AN - SCOPUS:62449337592
SN - 0771-6494
VL - 120
SP - 351
EP - 364
JO - Museon
JF - Museon
IS - 3-4
ER -