Book contents
- The Cambridge History of Linguistics
- The Cambridge History of Linguistics
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Contributors
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Abbreviations, Acronyms, Special Symbols, and Other Conventions
- Introduction
- Part I Ancient, Classical, and Medieval Periods
- Introduction To Part I The Emergence of Linguistic Thinking within Premodern Cultural Practices
- 1 Ancient Near Eastern Linguistic Traditions: Mesopotamia, Egypt
- 2 East Asian Early Linguistic Traditions: China; Korea and Japan
- 3 History of Linguistic Analysis in the Sanskrit Tradition in Premodern India, with a Brief Discussion of Vernacular Grammars
- 4 Greek Linguistic Thought and its Roman Reception
- 5 Early to Late Medieval Europe
- 6 Near Eastern Linguistic Traditions
- 6A The Syriac Linguistic Tradition
- 6B The Hebrew Linguistic Tradition
- 6C The Arabic Linguistic Tradition
- Part II Renaissance to Late Nineteenth Century
- Part III Late Nineteenth-through Twentieth-Century Linguistics
- Part IIIA Late Nineteenth Century through the 1950s: Synchrony, Autonomy, and Structuralism
- Part IIIB 1960–2000: Formalism, Cognitivism, Language Use and Function, Interdisciplinarity
- References
- Index
6A - The Syriac Linguistic Tradition
from Part I - Ancient, Classical, and Medieval Periods
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 20 July 2023
Book contents
- The Cambridge History of Linguistics
- The Cambridge History of Linguistics
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Contributors
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Abbreviations, Acronyms, Special Symbols, and Other Conventions
- Introduction
- Part I Ancient, Classical, and Medieval Periods
- Introduction To Part I The Emergence of Linguistic Thinking within Premodern Cultural Practices
- 1 Ancient Near Eastern Linguistic Traditions: Mesopotamia, Egypt
- 2 East Asian Early Linguistic Traditions: China; Korea and Japan
- 3 History of Linguistic Analysis in the Sanskrit Tradition in Premodern India, with a Brief Discussion of Vernacular Grammars
- 4 Greek Linguistic Thought and its Roman Reception
- 5 Early to Late Medieval Europe
- 6 Near Eastern Linguistic Traditions
- 6A The Syriac Linguistic Tradition
- 6B The Hebrew Linguistic Tradition
- 6C The Arabic Linguistic Tradition
- Part II Renaissance to Late Nineteenth Century
- Part III Late Nineteenth-through Twentieth-Century Linguistics
- Part IIIA Late Nineteenth Century through the 1950s: Synchrony, Autonomy, and Structuralism
- Part IIIB 1960–2000: Formalism, Cognitivism, Language Use and Function, Interdisciplinarity
- References
- Index
Summary
The 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.
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- The Cambridge History of Linguistics , pp. 178 - 182Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2023