Abstract
For the first time, we provide a comprehensive and annotated list of 74 certain, likely, and possible Greek loanwords in Samaritan Aramaic, paying due attention to the variegated distribution of the loans in the different textual genres and chronological stages of the dialect. Greek loanwords in Jewish and Christian Palestinian Aramaic as well as Rabbinic Hebrew are compared throughout. The study provides insights into the contact situation of Greek and Samaritan Aramaic in Late Antique Palestine. An appendix contains short discussions of 22 additional lexical items for which a Greek etymon has been proposed erroneously.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 144-181 |
Number of pages | 38 |
Journal | Aramaic Studies |
Volume | 16 |
Issue number | 2 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - 1 Jan 2018 |
Keywords
- Language contact
- Palestine
- Western Aramaic
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Language and Linguistics
- Religious studies
- Linguistics and Language