The Phonology of Maaloula Aramaic

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The Phonology of Maaloula Aramaic is written by Ghattas Eid and published by Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 311144712X (ISBN 10) and 9783111447124 (ISBN 13).

The book describes the sound system of Maaloula Aramaic, an under-researched and endangered Western Neo-Aramaic dialect. It provides solutions to previously unaddressed problems at the descriptive, methodological and theoretical levels. The analyzed language data come from the Maaloula Aramaic Speech Corpus (MASC) and from collaboration with native speakers. The book is intended for linguists who may or may not be familiar with Semitic languages.