Le changement <i>w</i>><i>y</i> en SyriaqueJournal of Semitic StudiesSyriaca.org: The Syriac Reference PortalThe National Endowment for the HumanitiesThe International Balzan Prize FoundationDavid A. Michelsoncbsc_adminRecord added to Zotero bycbsc_adminSyriaca.org: The Syriac Reference Portalhttp://syriaca.org/cbss/EHYXKY5Z/tei
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CREATED: This bibl record was autogenerated from a Zotero record.EmmanuelAïmLe changement <i>w</i>><i>y</i> en Syriaquehttp://syriaca.org/cbss/EHYXKY5Zhttps://www.zotero.org/groups/a_comprehensive_bibliography_on_syriac_studies/items/EHYXKY5Zhttps://www.zotero.org/groups/4861694/items/EHYXKY5ZJournal of Semitic Studies61:1201685-102Characteristic of Northwest Semitic languages is the sound change <i>w>y</i> in initial position, e.g. Semitic *<i>wald</i> ‘child’ > Hebrew <i>yéled</i>, Syriac <i>yaldō</i>. In this article the author defines more accurately, in synchronic perspective, the parameters of this alternation in Classical Syriac and suggests an explanation. The shift is phonologically conditioned: it takes place in initial, postconsonantal and geminate positions. This conditioning and other phonological considerations demonstrate that <i>w>y</i> is a strengthening, a phenomenon which is common in many languages. Evidence is drawn not only from I-w roots but also from II-w roots where the change <i>w>y</i> appears as well.
Aïm, Emmanuel. “Le Changement w>y En Syriaque.” Journal of Semitic Studies 61:1 (2016): 85–102.
Emmanuel Aïm, Le Changement w>y En Syriaque,” Journal of Semitic Studies 61:1 (2016): 85–102.Classical SyriacSyriac languagegrammarphonology