Syriac Orthography (A Grammar of the Syriac Language, Volume 1)

George Kiraz

Published by Gorgias Press 2012

Syriac Orthography (A Grammar of the Syriac Language, Volume 1)

George Kiraz

https://doi.org/10.31826/9781463235246

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About this book

This volume, the first in a comprehensive grammar of the Syriac language, is a thematic presentation of orthography in the Syriac grammatical tradition, bringing the study of Syriac writing closer to modern linguistic accounts of writing systems.

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Contents at a Glance Publicly Available Download PDF	vii
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	ix
Preface Publicly Available Download PDF	xix
Plates and Credits Publicly Available Download PDF	xxv
Transcription and Transliteration Publicly Available Download PDF	xxvii
Abbreviations and Symbols Publicly Available Download PDF	xxvii
Note on Examples Publicly Available Download PDF	xxvii
Abbreviations and Symbols Publicly Available Download PDF	xxix
Bibliography Publicly Available Download PDF	xxxiii
1. Sources and their Historical Context Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
I. The Graphemic Inventory
2. Consonantal Graphemes Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	29
3. Vowel Graphemes Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	59
4. Grammatical Graphemes Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	91
5. Editorial, Liturgical and Musical Graphemes Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	115
6. Ancient Prosodic Graphemes or Accents Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	131
7. Numbering Systems Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	159
II. Graphotactics, Writing, and Ductus
8. Graphotactics Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	175
9. Writing Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	209
10. Ductus Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	227
III. Garšūnography, Adaptation, and Alloglottography
11. Garšūnography I: Syriac as the Target Script Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	289
12. Garšūnography II: Syriac as the Source Language Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	323
13. Nongaršūnographic Adaptations of the Syriac Script Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	353
14. Alloglottography Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	359
IV. Technological Developments
15. Lithography and Mimeography Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	363
16. Typewriters Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	369
17. Digital Typography Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	377
18. Coding Standards Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	389
General Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	397
Authority Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	431
Biblical Citations Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	443
CV Patterns Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	445
Grammatical & Technical Terms Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	447
Graph Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	453
Manuscripts Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	461
Word Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	465
Quotations Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	481

Language: English
Publisher: Gorgias Press
Pages
- Main content: 544

eBook

Published: September 10, 2012
ISBN: 9781463235246