To Belabour The Points: Encoding Vowel Phonology in Syriac and Hebrew Vocalization
| Autor: | Posegay, Nick |
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| Přispěvatelé: | Posegay, Nick [0000-0003-1336-9520], Apollo - University of Cambridge Repository |
| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
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Cultural Studies
Linguistics and Language History 5004 Religious Studies Literature and Literary Theory Interfaith relations Christianity Language and Linguistics Middle East Vowel Encoding (semiotics) Syriac language 4703 Language Studies Hebrew 4704 Linguistics Religious studies Phonology Linguistics language.human_language 50 Philosophy and Religious Studies Jews language Hebrew language 47 Language Communication and Culture Middle Ages Psychology |
| Popis: | Medieval Hebrew and Syriac scribes both indicated vowels by placing dots above or below their consonantal writing. These vowel points were created in the Late Antique and early Islamic periods to disambiguate the vocalization of important texts, especially the Bible. The earliest step in this process was the implementation of the Syriac 'diacritic dot' system, which used a single dot to distinguish pairs of homographs: a dot 'above' marked a word with relatively-backed vowels, and a dot 'below' marked its homograph with relatively-fronted vowels. This graphic depiction conveyed a phonological association of 'height' with 'backness', and that association then entered the Masoretic Hebrew tradition in the form of milleʿel ('above') and milleraʿ ('below') homograph comparisons. In turn, this principle of backness as 'height' informed the later placement of both the Syriac and the Tiberian Hebrew vowel points. |
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