The origins of open and closed e in Proto-Syriac
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2821079 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Joshua Blau (corresponding author) |
| Year | 1969 |
| Volume | 32 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 1-9 |
| Publication date | 1969-02-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0041-977X • E-ISSN: 1474-0699 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s0041977x00093666 |
| OpenAlex | W2013644935 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 4 |
As is well known, the Eastern (or Nestorian) vocalization of Syriac (henceforth ES) consistently distinguishes between ē and ī, whereas the Western (or Jacobite) tradition (henceforth WS), although having both e and i, also has in many cases (originally long) e coinciding with (originally long) i. The question arises of how it happened that in some cases (originally long) e was preserved, whereas in others it shifted to i. Brockelmann and Birkeland were, no doubt, correct in assuming that in Proto-Syriac (henceforth PS) there existed two long e sounds, ē and ē. In ES vocalization these two sounds were not differentiated, whereas in WS (originally long) ę was preserved, but ē shifted to i. Only the assumption of two different forms of ē in PS can account for the twofold representation of original ē in WS, by both ę and i
Linguistics · Representation (politics) · Archaeology and Historical Studies · Byzantine Studies and History · Historical and Linguistic Studies · History · Philosophy
| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |