Language and Linguistics

This reading or practice book for this Aramaic dialect was originally published at the Catholic Press of Urmia. It progresses from simple letter forms on to words, phrases, sentences, and then short narratives.

This small practice book for learning to read Syriac went through several printings at the Dominican Press in Mosul. It guides the reader through letter forms into words and then some practice reading passages.

In this lengthy essay on the subject of Syriac meter, Martin begins by reviewing the previous scholarship on the subject and then edits the section on meter from Jacob bar Shakko’s Book of Dialogues, with annotated French translation.

An Akkadian-German dictionary, with index detailed enough to serve as a German-Akkadian dictionary.

This revised and expanded translation of Grimm's New Testament dictionary lists the appearances of each word in the New Testament.

An anthology of Arab writings on language and grammar, in the original Arabic with French translation and notes.

Pali and New Persian are without influence on one another, yet they show a striking similarity in their development. All coincidences between the two languages are due to the operation of the laws of development which govern the Indo-Iranian languages.

Prince believes that Hittite shows marked non-Aryan peculiarities. He attempts to examine some important points in the morphology of Hittite in order to determine whether or not some of the most salient forms are of non-Aryan, rather than Indo-European.

Friedrich Hrozny believes that Hittite is an Indo-European language. On face value, Hrzony makes a strong case. However, Maurice Bloomfield is not entirely convinced by Hrozny’s evidence that Hittite belongs to this etymological group.

The name Copt is restricted to the sect which has formed the national Christian Church of Egypt. This article is an attempt to illustrate the main characteristics of the church Coptic as it is uttered in Egypt today.

Three inscriptions are laid out, which directly relate to the Assyrian ceremony of the scapegoat. Many of the rites discusses in these inscriptions relate to those of the Israelites. Translations and commentaries are given of all three inscriptions.

The author’s intent is to continue a search about the origins of the Phoenician alphabet and whether it has a connection to old Babylonian and Egyptian. Up until this point, no satisfactory connection has been made to the Babylonian syllabaries.

Professor Lepsius’ goal in this article is to analyze the comments made in the article William Whitney wrote on his “Standard Alphabet” in 1861.

In volume 1 of his Syriac Grammar, Mor Philoxenos Yuhanon Dolbani presents an introduction to the rules of Syriac grammar and pronunciation. The book is organized into brief chapters that introduce new concepts, and each chapter includes questions and exercises.

In volume 2 of his Syriac Grammar, Mor Philoxenos Yuhanon Dolbani introduces grammatical concepts for more advanced students. The book is organized into brief chapters that introduce new concepts, and each chapter includes questions and exercises.

The present work is a Dutch-Syriac dictionary with separate sections for Syriac to Dutch and Dutch to Syriac.

This volume includes a basic introduction to the rules of Syriac spirantization in three languages: Arabic, Syriac and English.

This is an exhaustive work on the nature and force of the tenses in Hebrew, with a plenitude of examples, digressions and appendices on other topics.

This work is a collection of 712 obscure Hebrew and Aramaic words from the Talmud and Mishnah, compiled by Renaissance scholar Paul Fagius.

Presented here is a complete Hebrew grammar compiled by the learned Venetian rabbi Elijah Levita.

This work introduces a new method of learning Hebrew: through conversation.

This paper, reprinted from the Journal Asiatique, provides a handy introduction to the Sogdian alphabet used for Buddhist texts in Central Asia.

This work is a revised and expanded English translation of Wilhelm Gesenius' classic Hebrew dictionary.

Nemrod Simono’s intermediate grammar for Modern Assyrian that serves as a follow up to his beginner’s grammar. The volume includes exercises for self-guided study.

This volume is an inductive approach to Syriac grammar that focuses on learning through readiing.