The Phonology of Armenian
The Phonology of Armenian

Author: Bert Vaux

Publisher: Oxford University Press on Demand

Published: 1998

Total Pages: 304

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This study presents the first contemporary linguistic treatment of Armenian, an Indo-European language whose distinct dialects range geographically from Poland to India. The book documents a rich linguistic (and literary) history dating from the fourth-century translation of the Bible into Classical Armenian. Data are drawn from Classical, Middle, and Standard Eastern and Western Armenian, and from the author's fieldwork on non-standard dialects.

Armenian
Armenian

Author: Jasmine Dum-Tragut

Publisher: John Benjamins Publishing

Published: 2009-12-17

Total Pages: 761

ISBN-13: 9027288798

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This grammar of Modern Eastern Armenian gives a precise and explicit description of the Eastern Armenian language of the Republic of Armenia. It covers not only the normative tradition but, more importantly, also describes the colloquial language as it is used in Armenia today. With regard to methodological approach and terminology it fully meets the demands of modern general linguistics and typology. This grammar will be of interest not only to the specialised readership of descriptive and comparative linguists, of typologists and of armenologists, but to all those who would like to acquaint themselves with linguistic data from living Armenian. It will also be of use to students wishing to learn Modern Eastern Armenian and to lecturers in Modern Eastern Armenian language courses.

Studies in Classical and Modern Armenian Phonology
Studies in Classical and Modern Armenian Phonology

Author: Martin Jakub Macak

Publisher:

Published: 2016

Total Pages: 600

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This dissertation offers a comprehensive review of the current literature on the historical sound changes that underlie the diachronic development of the Armenian sounds from their Proto-Indo-European origin. Additionally, it presents novel analyses of the following six phonological or morphophonological phenomena: (i) The original phonological distinction between the two Armenian historical laterals is analyzed in terms of voicing contrast. (ii) The fate of the inherited final nasals in the classical language is argued to be fully predictable based on the duration of the preceding inherited vowels. (iii) The non realization of a word final palatal glide is explained as a morphophonological process that targets specific suffixes. (iv) The non-realization of the aorist augment is analyzed as a metrically conditioned zero allomorphy. (v) The affricate dissimilation in the aorist subjunctive is interpreted with reference to the prosodically conditioned reduction of /i/ in the subjunctive suffix. Finally, (vi), modern Armenian plural allomorphy is analyzed in terms of the interaction between morphophonological REALIZATION and ALIGNMENT requirements and syllabic well-formedness in the framework of Optimality Theory (Prince and Smolensky 1993/2004).

An Introduction to the Study of Classical Armenian
An Introduction to the Study of Classical Armenian

Author: Robert Godel

Publisher: Dr Ludwig Reichert

Published: 1975

Total Pages: 158

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The author is particularly interested in comparative and historical research on Armenian as an Indo-European language. This "Introduction" consists of two parts. The first one describes the phonological and morphological system of Classical Armenian with the purpose of setting off its characteristic features, not of dwelling on such details as can be found in any good grammar book. The second part is comparative and historical. besides the best ascertained facts, it includes disscussions on controversial issues, as well as some new insights in histroical morphology.