Research Catalog

Title

Foundations for Syriac Lexicography V : Colloquia of the International Syriac Language Project / edited by Jonathan Loopstra and Michael Sokoloff ; managing editor, Beryl Turner.

Publication

Piscataway, NJ : Gorgias Press, [2013]

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Additional Authors

• Loopstra, Jonathan, 1973-
• Sokoloff, Michael
• Turner, Beryl, 1950-
• International Syriac Language Project.
• Society of Biblical Literature. Annual Meeting (2009 : New Orleans, La.)
• International Organization for the Study of the Old Testament. Congress (20th : 2010 : Helsinki, Finland)

Description

xx, 160 pages; 26 cm.

Series Statement

Perspectives on Syriac linguistics ; volume 7

Uniform Title

Perspectives on Syriac linguistics ; vol. 7.

Alternative Title

• Foundations for Syriac Lexicography 5
• Foundations for Syriac Lexicography five
• Colloquia of the International Syriac Language Project

Subject

• Bible > Lexicography > Congresses
• Syriac language > Lexicography > Congresses
• Syrisch
• Lexikografie

Genre/Form

Conference papers and proceedings

Note

• "The various papers presented in this volume are the work of scholars associated with the International Syriac Language Project (ISLP). Most of these papers were presented at the Annual Meeting of the Society of Biblical Literature (SBL) on 21-24 November, 2009 in New Orleans, Louisiana. Other papers were presented during the meeting of the International Organization for the Study of the Old Testament (IOSOT) in Helsinki on 1-6 August, 2010. One paper (by Craig Morrison) in this volume was not presented at these meetings, but was included in this volume because of its importance to the ongoing wotk of the ISLP."--Page 1.
• "The fifth published colloquia of the International Syriac Language Project (ISLP), presenting papers from an international team of authors working to develop contemporary, interdisciplinary approaches to linguistics and lexicography. Reinier de Blois proposes innovative ways that the discipline of cognitive linguistics can be used to help lexicographers determine the meaning of words. Marie-Louis Craig reviews the methodologies and motivations behind several early English lexicographers of Hebrew. Janet Dyk compares the Masoretic and Peshitta versions of Psalm 25. Marketta Liljestrom discusses the Syrohexapla as a source for lexicographers. Craig Morrison provides a detailed study of hwā qātel and hwā qĕtīl constructions in the Peshitta Old Testament. Paul Stevenson offers a test case for semantic componential analysis in his second study of the motion verbs in the Peshitta of Exodus, chapters 1–19. And Beryl Turner provides a methodological study of the preposition lwāt in preparation for the creation of a new Syriac-English dictionary. This volume brings together the latest research in Syriac linguistics and lexicography in a way that would also benefit those working in Greek and other Semitic languages."--Publisher's website.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (pages 141-151) and indexes.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

The semantic structure of biblical Hebrew / Reinier de Blois -- Pioneers and "no through roads" : the story of the early Hebrew-English lexicons / Marie-Louise Craig -- The Peshitta rendering of Psalm 25 : spelling, synonyms, and syntax / Janet W. Dyk -- Observations on the mode of translation in the Syrohexapla / Marketta Liljeström -- The hwā qātel and hwā qĕtīl constructions in the Peshitta Old Testament / Craig E. Morrison -- The semantics of Syriac motion verbs in Exodus chapters 1-19, part II / Paul S. Stevenson -- Lexicalizing the Syriac preposition [tol] / Beryl Turner.

ISBN

• 9781617190278
• 1617190276

LCCN

40022775455

OCLC

• 868140485
• SCSB-12828768

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library