Language Change in the Wake of Empire: Syriac in Its Greco-Roman Context

Contents......Page 8
Abbreviations......Page 13
Transcription / Transliteration......Page 18
Chapter 1: Introduction......Page 21
Prolegomena......Page 29
Chapter 2: The Contact Linguistic Framework......Page 30
Chapter 3: The Sociohistorical Setting......Page 44
Loanwords......Page 60
Chapter 4: Greek Loanwords in Syriac: The Methodological Framework......Page 62
Chapter 5: The Phonological Integration of Greek Loanwords in Syriac......Page 82
Chapter 6: The Morphosyntactic Integration of Greek Loanwords in Syriac......Page 117
Grammatical Replication......Page 156
Chapter 7: Grammatical Replication: The Methodological Framework......Page 158
Chapter 8: The Syriac Copula ʾiṯaw(hy) Replicated on Greek ἐστίν......Page 172
Chapter 9: The Syriac Conjunctive Particle den Replicated on Greek δέ......Page 192
Chapter 10: Conclusion......Page 214
Appendix 1: Greek Loanwords Inherited in Syriac......Page 231
Appendix 2: Citations for Verbless Clauses......Page 243
Bibliography......Page 244
Index of Authors......Page 283
Index of Biblical Sources......Page 289
Index of Syriac Words......Page 292
Index of Greek Words......Page 299
Index of Subjects......Page 302