tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9396860.post2075750708540580632..comments2024-03-28T08:41:17.341-04:00Comments on <center> Ralph the Sacred River </center>: Teaching Aramaic: Diachronic or Synchronic?Edhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05188482189638751204noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9396860.post-47295189884769220602010-08-05T12:41:08.487-04:002010-08-05T12:41:08.487-04:00I suppose it depends on whether or not a student w...I suppose it depends on whether or not a student wants to internalize the language. Then Second Language Acquisition teaches that any kind of grammar-translation method will fail. <br /><br />But if one wants to internalize an Aramaic dialect then one needs a dialect with enough material to process and use the language up to fluency. The only dialect available is Syriac. <br /><br />After that an Aramaic differential study and analysis can fill in whatever one wants.Randall Buthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07790556357991321207noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9396860.post-13238990445434526272009-09-14T20:02:59.564-04:002009-09-14T20:02:59.564-04:00At Duke, Luk Van Rompay takes the diachronic appro...At Duke, Luk Van Rompay takes the diachronic approach. He starts with Ezra, explaining forms with hypothesized precursors, and then on to Daniel and finally Targum Onkelos.Stephen C. Carlsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18239379955876245197noreply@blogger.com