The Syriac Linguistic Tradition

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CREATED: This bibl record was autogenerated from a Zotero record.Peter T.DanielsThe Syriac Linguistic Traditionhttp://syriaca.org/cbss/U6KB3E2Bhttps://www.zotero.org/groups/a_comprehensive_bibliography_on_syriac_studies/items/U6KB3E2Bhttps://www.zotero.org/groups/4861694/items/U6KB3E2BLinda R.WaughMoniqueMonville-BurstonJohn E.JosephThe Cambridge History of LinguisticsCambridgeCambridge University Press2023178-182The aim of the Syriac (literary Aramaic) tradition was the preservation/explanation of the Christian Bible. Three genres are represented: masorah, lexicons, and grammars. The latter were influenced by Greek and Arabic models, but Syriac grammarians did not simply imitate them. Daniels, Peter T. “The Syriac Linguistic Tradition.” In The Cambridge History of Linguistics, edited by Linda R. Waugh, Monique Monville-Burston, and John E. Joseph, 178–82. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2023. Peter T. Daniels, The Syriac Linguistic Tradition, in The Cambridge History of Linguistics, ed. Linda R. Waugh, Monique Monville-Burston, and John E. Joseph (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2023), 178–82.Classical SyriacSyriac languageVII-XVIII CEgrammar [native]lexicography [native]linguisticsmassora