A Grammar of the Bedouin Dialects of the Northern Sinai Littoral
A Grammar of the Bedouin Dialects of the Northern Sinai Littoral

Author: Rudolf Erik de Jong

Publisher: BRILL

Published: 2021-10-01

Total Pages: 711

ISBN-13: 9004491228

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This study offers a thorough analysis of hitherto unknown Arabic dialects spoken by bedouin tribes inhabiting the northern Sinai littoral. The author identifies five different dialect groups in the area. He combines his own extensive material with that from publications on neighbouring dialects to put this material in a larger dialect-geographical perspective. Proposing a total of 82 criteria and introducing 'partial isoglosses' to typologically measure the dialects, he convincingly shows that three dialect groups form a continuum - a 'linguistic bridge' - connecting the bedouin type of dialects spoken in the Negev and southern Jordan with the sedentary type of dialects spoken in the Nile Delta. An appendix with 77 maps completes the picture. Arabists, dialectologists, semitists and sociolinguists will welcome this study as a valuable contribution to their fields.

A Grammar of the Bedouin Dialects of Central and Southern Sinai
A Grammar of the Bedouin Dialects of Central and Southern Sinai

Author: Rudolf Erik De Jong

Publisher: BRILL

Published: 2011-04-11

Total Pages: 461

ISBN-13: 9004201017

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This book complements A Grammar of the Bedouin Dialects of the Northern Sinai Littoral: Bridging the Linguistic Gap between the Eastern and Western Arab World (Brill: 2000) thus completing the author's description of Bedouin dialects of Sinai. Earlier and new data are synthesized in a dialectometrical approach for a subdivision into eight groups.

A Grammar of the Bedouin Dialects of Central and Southern Sinai
A Grammar of the Bedouin Dialects of Central and Southern Sinai

Author: Rudolf de Jong

Publisher: BRILL

Published: 2011-04-11

Total Pages: 460

ISBN-13: 9004201467

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After publishing A Grammar of the Bedouin Dialects of the Northern Sinai Littoral: Bridging the Linguistic Gap between the Eastern and Western Arab World (Brill:2000), Rudolf de Jong completes his description of the Bedouin dialects of the Sinai Desert of Egypt by adding the present volume. To facilitate direct comparison of all Sinai dialects, the dialect descriptions in both volumes run parallel and are thus structured in the same manner. Quoting from his own extensive material and using a total of 95 criteria for comparison, De Jong applies the method of 'multi-dimensional scaling' and his own 'step-method' to arrive at a subdivision into eight (of which seven are 'Bedouin') typological groups in Sinai. An appendix with 68 maps and dialectrometrical plots completes the picture.

Approaches to Arabic Dialects
Approaches to Arabic Dialects

Author: Martine Haak

Publisher: BRILL

Published: 2017-07-03

Total Pages: 418

ISBN-13: 9047402480

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This volume brings together 22 contributions to the study of Arabic dialects, from the Maghreb to Iraq by authors, who are all well-known for their work in this field. It underscores the importance of different theoretical approaches to the study of dialects, developing new frameworks for the study of variation and change in the dialects, while presenting new data on dialects (e.g., of Jaffa, Southern Sinai, Nigeria, South Morocco and Mosul) and cross-dialectal comparisons (e.g., on the feminine gender and on relative clauses). This collection is presented to Manfred Woidich, one of the most eminent scholars in the field of Arabic dialectology.

Arabic Sociolinguistics
Arabic Sociolinguistics

Author: Enam Al-Wer

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2022-07-07

Total Pages: 255

ISBN-13: 1107182611

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A comprehensive look at Arabic sociolinguistic variation and linguistic change, including rich datasets, bibliographies and exercises.

Arabic Language
Arabic Language

Author: Kees Versteegh

Publisher: Edinburgh University Press

Published: 2014-05-20

Total Pages: 416

ISBN-13: 0748645292

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Covering all aspects of the history of Arabic, the Arabic linguistic tradition, Arabic dialects, sociolinguistics and Arabic as a world language, this introductory guide is perfect for students of Arabic, Arabic historical linguistics and Arabic sociolinguistics. Concentrating on the difference between the two types of Arabic the classical standard language and the dialects Kees Versteegh charts the history and development of the Arabic language from its earliest beginnings to modern times. Students will gain a solid grounding in the structure of the language, its historical context and its use in various literary and non-literary genres, as well as an understanding of the role of Arabic as a cultural, religious and political world language. New for this edition: additional chapters on the structure of Arabic, Bilingualism and Arabic pidgins and creoles; a full explanation of the use of conventional Arabic transcription and IPA characters; an updated bibliography and all chapters have been revised and updated in light of recent research.

Ingham of Arabia
Ingham of Arabia

Author:

Publisher: BRILL

Published: 2013-08-08

Total Pages: 259

ISBN-13: 9004256199

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Ingham of Arabia is a collection of twelve articles on modern Arabic dialectology contributed by an international collection of colleagues and pupils of Professor Ingham of the London School of Oriental and African Languages on the occasion of his retirement. Half the articles are concerned with Arabic dialects from the areas Prof Ingham spent his academic life researching, principally Arabia and the neighbouring areas: Oman, Jordan, Sinai, the Negev, southern Turkey, Syria. Other articles are concerned with general topics in Arabic dialectology. The book contains a complete bibliography of Professor Ingham's publications.

The Semitic Languages
The Semitic Languages

Author: Stefan Weninger

Publisher: Walter de Gruyter

Published: 2011-12-23

Total Pages: 1298

ISBN-13: 3110251582

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The handbook The Semitic Languages offers a comprehensive reference tool for Semitic Linguistics in its broad sense. It is not restricted to comparative Grammar, although it covers also comparative aspects, including classification. By comprising a chapter on typology and sections with sociolinguistic focus and language contact, the conception of the book aims at a rather complete, unbiased description of the state of the art in Semitics. Articles on individual languages and dialects give basic facts as location, numbers of speakers, scripts, numbers of extant texts and their nature, attestation where appropriate, and salient features of the grammar and lexicon of the respective variety. The handbook is the most comprehensive treatment of the Semitic language family since many decades.

Dialect, Culture, and Society in Eastern Arabia, Volume III: Phonology, Morphology, Syntax, Style
Dialect, Culture, and Society in Eastern Arabia, Volume III: Phonology, Morphology, Syntax, Style

Author: Clive Holes

Publisher: BRILL

Published: 2015-11-24

Total Pages: 520

ISBN-13: 9004311106

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Dialect, Culture and Society in Eastern Arabia is a three-volume study of the Arabic dialects spoken in Bahrain by its older generation in the mid 1970s, and the socio-cultural factors that produced them. The present Volume III: Phonology, Morphology, Syntax, Style, is based on an extensive archive of recorded material, gathered for its ethnographic as well as its purely linguistic interest. Volume I: Glossary, published in 2001, lists all the dialectal vocabulary, with extensive contextual exemplification, and cross-referenced to other lexica, which occurred in the complete set of texts recorded during fieldwork. Volume II: Ethnographic Texts, published in 2005, presents a selection of these texts, transcribed, annotated and translated, and with detailed background essays, covering major aspects of the pre-oil culture of the Gulf and the initial stages of the transition to the modern era: pearl diving, agriculture, communal relations, marriage, childhood, domestic life, work. Excerpts from local dialect poems concerned with these subjects are also included.