TY - JOUR
T1 - The Three Rhotic Phonemes in Tyare Neo-Aramaic
AU - Mutzafi, Hezy
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
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PY - 2014/1/1
Y1 - 2014/1/1
N2 - Whereas many North-Eastern Neo-Aramaic (nena) dialects exhibit two rhotic (R-) phonemes, mostly an alveolar /r/ as opposed to an emphatic alveolar /r/, a striking feature related to rhotic differentiation, hitherto attested only in the Christian nena dialect of Baritle, is a threefold distinction of retroflex, alveolar and emphatic alveolar R-phonemes. This article demonstrates that such a distinction exists also in the Christian nena dialect-cluster of Tyare, discusses the nature and distribution of each of the three R-phonemes in Tyare, and suggests a diachronic account of the threefold split of r in this dialect-cluster.
AB - Whereas many North-Eastern Neo-Aramaic (nena) dialects exhibit two rhotic (R-) phonemes, mostly an alveolar /r/ as opposed to an emphatic alveolar /r/, a striking feature related to rhotic differentiation, hitherto attested only in the Christian nena dialect of Baritle, is a threefold distinction of retroflex, alveolar and emphatic alveolar R-phonemes. This article demonstrates that such a distinction exists also in the Christian nena dialect-cluster of Tyare, discusses the nature and distribution of each of the three R-phonemes in Tyare, and suggests a diachronic account of the threefold split of r in this dialect-cluster.
KW - Akkadian substrate words
KW - North-Eastern Neo-Aramaic (nena)
KW - Tyare Neo-Aramaic
KW - classicisms
KW - inherited nena lexicon
KW - retroflex rhotic phoneme
KW - rhotic phoneme
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U2 - 10.1163/17455227-01202004
DO - 10.1163/17455227-01202004
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AN - SCOPUS:84928943428
SN - 1477-8351
VL - 12
SP - 168
EP - 184
JO - Aramaic Studies
JF - Aramaic Studies
IS - 2
ER -