Phillip W. Stokes
@phillipwstokes.bsky.social
Assoc. Professor of Arabic @ UTK. Harrington Faculty Fellow @ UT Austin (AY 23-24). Father of 2.
New publication: www.academia.edu/127029112/20...
My attempt to investigate this feature in a corpus of early 'Middle' Arabic texts and say something more interesting than is typical. I interact with lots of good scholarship on this feature in other corpora, as well, which is worth reading
My attempt to investigate this feature in a corpus of early 'Middle' Arabic texts and say something more interesting than is typical. I interact with lots of good scholarship on this feature in other corpora, as well, which is worth reading
2024 – Gender and Number Agreement in Early Christian Arabic Manuscripts: A Historically 'Middle' Feature
The topic of gender and number agreement in Arabic has garnered significant interest in recent years, culminating in the recent monograph by Bettega and D'Anna (2023). The picture that has emerged...
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March 21, 2025 at 1:09 PM
New publication: www.academia.edu/127029112/20...
My attempt to investigate this feature in a corpus of early 'Middle' Arabic texts and say something more interesting than is typical. I interact with lots of good scholarship on this feature in other corpora, as well, which is worth reading
My attempt to investigate this feature in a corpus of early 'Middle' Arabic texts and say something more interesting than is typical. I interact with lots of good scholarship on this feature in other corpora, as well, which is worth reading
Reposted by Phillip W. Stokes
The interrogative 'why' in #Semitic languages:
- Classical Arabic: li-māðā
- Palestinian Arabic: (ʕa-)lē(š)
- Modern Hebrew: la-ma
- Syriac: l-mānā
- Turoyo: l-mən
- Old Ethiopic: bä-ʼəntä mənt
- Amharic: lä-mən
- Mehri: hɛːɬən ~ wə-koːh
- Akkadian: ana mīni(m) ~ ammīni(m)
(1/2)
- Classical Arabic: li-māðā
- Palestinian Arabic: (ʕa-)lē(š)
- Modern Hebrew: la-ma
- Syriac: l-mānā
- Turoyo: l-mən
- Old Ethiopic: bä-ʼəntä mənt
- Amharic: lä-mən
- Mehri: hɛːɬən ~ wə-koːh
- Akkadian: ana mīni(m) ~ ammīni(m)
(1/2)
December 13, 2024 at 9:03 AM
The interrogative 'why' in #Semitic languages:
- Classical Arabic: li-māðā
- Palestinian Arabic: (ʕa-)lē(š)
- Modern Hebrew: la-ma
- Syriac: l-mānā
- Turoyo: l-mən
- Old Ethiopic: bä-ʼəntä mənt
- Amharic: lä-mən
- Mehri: hɛːɬən ~ wə-koːh
- Akkadian: ana mīni(m) ~ ammīni(m)
(1/2)
- Classical Arabic: li-māðā
- Palestinian Arabic: (ʕa-)lē(š)
- Modern Hebrew: la-ma
- Syriac: l-mānā
- Turoyo: l-mən
- Old Ethiopic: bä-ʼəntä mənt
- Amharic: lä-mən
- Mehri: hɛːɬən ~ wə-koːh
- Akkadian: ana mīni(m) ~ ammīni(m)
(1/2)
My latest article, studying a unique gospel translation via three MS witnesses – is out in BSOAS: www.academia.edu/108303483/20...
October 18, 2023 at 4:12 PM
My latest article, studying a unique gospel translation via three MS witnesses – is out in BSOAS: www.academia.edu/108303483/20...