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1. 1. Arabic Borrowings in Ṣūrayt/Ṭūrōyo within the Framework of Phonological Correspondences  : In Comparison with other Semitic Languages

   Författare :Sina Tezel; Bo Isaksson; Jan Retsö; Geoffrey Khan; Uppsala universitet; []
   Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Ṭūrōyo; Arabic borrowings; phonological correspondences; Semitic languages; cognate roots; etymology; bəġaḏkəfaṯ; neologisms; Semitic languages; Semitiska språk; Semitic Languages; Semitiska språk;

   Sammanfattning : A group of Semitic cognate roots within the framework of phonological correspondences contain one (or more) of the following Proto-Semitic consonants *g, *ṯ, *ḏ, *ṯ̣, *ḏ̣/ṣ́, *ḫ, *ġ, *ś, *š, which differ significantly in the various principal Semitic languages. Their Arabic reflexes are ǧ, ṯ, ḏ, ẓ, ḍ, ḫ, ġ, š, s. LÄS MER

3. 2. The History of Standard Negation in Semitic

   Författare :Ambjörn Sjörs; Bo Isaksson; John Huehnergard; Geoffrey Khan; Uppsala universitet; []
   Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; negation; Semitic; linguistics; grammaticalization; diachrony; comparative; Akkadian; Assyrian; Babylonian; Ugaritic; Biblical Hebrew; Arabic; Phoenician; Aramaic; Sabaic; Minaic; Jibbali; Tigre; Tigrinya; Amharic; Harari; Gurage; Semitic Languages; Semitiska språk;

   Sammanfattning : This thesis provides a synchronic description of verbal negation in over fifteen Semitic languages and a historical assessment of these expressions. The objectives are to describe the expression of standard negation in these languages, to compare these negative clauses with their affirmative counterparts as well as  expressions of non-standard negation, and to relate historically the negative expressions of different languages. LÄS MER

4. 3. A War of Words

   Författare :Torkel Lindquist; Witold ´Witakowski; Bo Isaksson; Ilan Pappé; Uppsala universitet; []
   Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Semitic languages - general; terrorism; War on terrorism; defining terrorism; Arabic; Hebrew; terminology of violence; semantics; pragmatics; propaganda; 11 9; ‘the other’; ‘the enemy’; massmedia; press; Israeli press; Arab press; political discourse; extracting a definition from media; Semitiska språk - allmänt; Semitic languages; Semitiska språk; semitiska språk; Semitic Languages;

   Sammanfattning : The aim of this study is to come to an understanding of the meanings of words pertaining to acts of political violence in modern Arabic and Hebrew. The semantics of these terms will be established by comparison between the meaning in dictionaries of modern and classical Arabic and Hebrew, the meaning in the Koran and the Bible as well as the meaning we extract from the context in the newspapers where the terminology is found. LÄS MER

5. 4. Comparative Etymological Studies in the Western Neo-Syriac (Turoyo) Lexicon : With Special Reference to Homonyms, Related Words and Borrowings with Cultural Signification

   Författare :Aziz Tezel; Bo Isaksson; Jan Retsö; Uppsala universitet; []
   Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Semitic languages - general; Etymology; verbal root; verbal stem; radicals; homonyms; borrowing; assimilation; dissimilation.; Semitiska språk - allmänt; Semitic languages; Semitiska språk; semitiska språk; Semitic Languages;

   Sammanfattning : This is a comparative study of words presenting etymological problems in the Western Neo-Syriac (Turoyo) lexicon, with the principal aim of providing new etymological solutions and suggestions and giving an account of the most common linguistic processes by which various changes are carried out in the individual words studied. For the first time all important homonyms in this language are investigated with regard to their origin and use. LÄS MER

7. 5. Gregory Bar-Hebraeus's Commentary on the Book of Kings from his Storehouse of Mysteries : A Critical Edition with an English Translation, Introduction and Notes

   Författare :Assad Sauma; Witold Witakowski; Bo Holmberg; Uppsala universitet; []
   Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Semitic languages - general; Syriac; Biblical Exegesis; Semitiska språk - allmänt; Semitic languages; Semitiska språk;

   Sammanfattning : This study contains a critical edition with an English translation of the commentary on the Book of Kings which is a part of the exegetical work the Storehouse of Mysteries by the West-Syrian scholar John Bar-Hebraeus (1226-1286). The work is based on the oldest surviving manuscript of the Storehouse of Mysteries, manuscript Florence 230 (written 1278), collated with all manuscripts which are older than the 19th century. LÄS MER