The Phonological Structure of the Verbal Roots in Arabic and Hebrew
The Phonological Structure of the Verbal Roots in Arabic and Hebrew

Author: Bernard Bachra

Publisher: BRILL

Published: 2017-07-03

Total Pages: 348

ISBN-13: 9004348522

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This book contains an investigation of the co-occurrence between the consonants in the triliteral and quadriliteral verbal roots of Arabic and Hebrew. The consonants are grouped on the basis of Manner or of Place. Both co-occurrence restrictions and co-occurrence preferences of consonants and of consonant groups are described in detail. The statistical test for pronomial proportions is used in order to determine the statistical significance of the results. These results are compared to those of earlier work by other authors on this subject. The findings are explained within the framework of generative phonology. The methods used are described in detail and the book contains a wealth of tabulated material which can be of great use to other investigators.

The Jewish Neo-Aramaic Dialect of Sulemaniyya and Ḥalabja
The Jewish Neo-Aramaic Dialect of Sulemaniyya and Ḥalabja

Author: Geoffrey Khan

Publisher: BRILL

Published: 2017-07-03

Total Pages: 644

ISBN-13: 904741358X

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This volume contains a detailed grammatical description of the spoken Aramaic dialect of the Jewish communities in the towns of Sulemaniyya and Ḥalabja in North Eastern Iraq. It also includes a transcription of oral texts recorded in the dialect. The grammar is based on extensive fieldwork carried out among native speakers. It consists of sections on phonology, morphology and syntax. There is also a study of semantic fields in the lexicon of the dialect and full glossaries of lexical items. This Aramaic dialect, which belongs to the North Eastern Neo-Aramaic group, has never been described before. The Jewish communities left Sulemaniyya and Ḥalabja in the 1950s and the dialect is now on the verge of extinction.

Arabic
Arabic

Author: Karin C. Ryding

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2014-03-20

Total Pages: 201

ISBN-13: 1139916211

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This lively introduction to the linguistics of Arabic provides students with a concise overview of the language's structure and its various components: its phonology, morphology and syntax. Through exercises, discussion points and assignments built into every chapter, the book presents the Arabic language in vivid and engaging terms, encouraging students to grasp the complexity of its linguistic situation. It presents key linguistic concepts and theories related to Arabic in a coherent way, helping to build students' analytical and critical skills. Key features: • Study questions, exercises, and discussion topics in every chapter encourage students to engage with the material and undertake specific assignments • Suggestions for further reading in every chapter allow readers to engage in more extensive research on relevant topics • Technical terminology is explained in a helpful glossary

Investigating Arabic
Investigating Arabic

Author: Alaa Elgibali

Publisher: BRILL

Published: 2017-07-03

Total Pages: 238

ISBN-13: 9047405080

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This book offers a wide range overview of current research issues in Arabic linguistics, extending from the general to the specific. It includes in depth investigations of theoretical and applied topics that are of interest to general and Arabic linguistics: computational analysis of Arabic, Arabic dialectology, acquisition of Arabic as a native language, learning and teaching Arabic as a first or foreign language, sociolinguistic analysis of Arabic, and the status of Arabic in European academe. Despite the seeming diversity of the topics, they fall thematically into two major inter-related categories, analysis and learning. Each chapter is a thoughtful reflection of a major current trend in the study of Arabic.

The Jewish Neo-Aramaic Dialect of Challa
The Jewish Neo-Aramaic Dialect of Challa

Author: Steven Ellis Fassberg

Publisher: BRILL

Published: 2010

Total Pages: 337

ISBN-13: 9004176829

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Aramaic has been spoken uninterruptedly for more than 3000 years, yet a generation from now most Aramaic dialects will be extinct. The study of the Northeastern Neo-Aramaic (NENA) dialects has increased dramatically in the past decade as linguists seek to record these dialects before the disappearance of their last speakers. This work is a unique documentation of the now extinct Jewish Neo-Aramaic dialect of Challa (modern-day Çukurca, Turkey). It is based on recordings of the last native speaker of the dialect, who passed away in 2007. In addition to a grammatical description, it contains sample texts and a glossary of the dialect. Jewish Challa belongs to the cluster of NENA dialects known as 'lishana deni' and reference is made throughout to other dialects within this group.

Approaches to Arabic Linguistics
Approaches to Arabic Linguistics

Author: Everhard Ditters

Publisher: BRILL

Published: 2007

Total Pages: 795

ISBN-13: 9004160159

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This Liber Amicorum discusses topics on the history of Arabic grammar, Arabic linguistics, and Arabic dialects, domains in which Kees Versteegh plays a leading role.

The Mehri Language of Oman
The Mehri Language of Oman

Author: Aaron Rubin

Publisher: BRILL

Published: 2010-05-17

Total Pages: 375

ISBN-13: 9004182632

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This volume contains a detailed grammatical description of Mehri, an unwritten Semitic language spoken in Oman and Yemen. It is the first grammar of its kind, and the first of any Modern South Arabian language in a century.

Functions of Code Switching in Egypt
Functions of Code Switching in Egypt

Author: Reem Bassiouney

Publisher: BRILL

Published: 2017-07-03

Total Pages: 272

ISBN-13: 9047417135

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This book examines diglossia within the framework of code-switching through an analysis of negation, deixis, and mood marking in Arabic monologues. It reassesses theoretical approaches to diglossia and code-switching in the light of empirical data, and examines the discourse functions of code-switching and the factors that influence it.

Semitic Studies in Honour of Edward Ullendorff
Semitic Studies in Honour of Edward Ullendorff

Author: Geoffrey Khan

Publisher: BRILL

Published: 2017-07-03

Total Pages: 378

ISBN-13: 9047415752

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This is a Festschrift volume for the British Semitist Edward Ullendorff. It contains papers written by leading scholars in the fields of Semitic philology and Near Eastern history and literature. The papers include linguistic, literary and historical studies of Ethiopian Semitic, Aramaic, Hebrew, Arabic and Greek sources.

Comparative Semitic Philology in the Middle Ages
Comparative Semitic Philology in the Middle Ages

Author: Aharon Maman

Publisher: BRILL

Published: 2017-07-03

Total Pages: 518

ISBN-13: 9047404750

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This volume deals with medieval comparative Semitic philology (Hebrew/Aramaic/Arabic) as practised by Hebrew philologists in the Arabic speaking lands, from Iraq to Spain, discussing its development through the generations, its technics and its theoretical basis. This research is based upon an analysis of over ten thousand occurrences of comparisons in linguistic works, biblical commentaries and the like, made by fourteen Hebrew scholars from the 10th-12th centuries CE, among them Saʿadiah Gaon, Judah b. Quraysh, David b. Abraham Alfasi, Jonah b. Janah and Isaac b. Barūn. Several aspects of this comparisons are presented and studied here for the first time.