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Jewish life in Arabic language and Jerusalem Arabic in communal perspective : a lexico-semantic study / by Moshe Piamenta.

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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Piamenta, M. (Moshe)
Series:
Studies in Semitic languages and linguistics ; 30.
Studies in Semitic languages and linguistics, 0081-8461 ; v. 30
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Arabic language--Dialects--Jerusalem.
Arabic language.
Arabic language--Social aspects--Jerusalem.
Hebrew language--Influence on Arabic.
Hebrew language.
Languages in contact--Jerusalem.
Languages in contact.
Language and culture--Jerusalem.
Language and culture.
Arabic language--Social aspects.
Arabic language--Dialects.
Physical Description:
xvi, 274 pages, 1 unnumbered page ; 25 cm.
Place of Publication:
Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2000.
Contents:
A. Walks of Life of the Speaker of Judaeo-Jerusalem Arabic
Chapter 1 Love and Reverence for God: Prayer 12
1. Love and Reverence for God 12
2. The Names of God 13
3. Sanctification, Consecration, and Praise of God 14
4. Prayer 14
Sacred Books
God's Presence
The Synagogue
The Congregation
Reading the Torah
Jewish Liturgy
Chapter 2 Halaxa and mesvot 22
Jewish Law
God's Commandments
Sanctity of the Jew
Dietary Laws
10. Blessings 25
Chapter 3 The Sabbath 27
11. The Jewish Sabbath throughout 27
Chapter 4 The Calendar Cycle of Jewish Holidays 33
12. Celebrating Jewish Holidays 33
13. The Days of Penitence and Awe 33
Major Festivals
The Feast of Tabernacles
15. Passover 39
16. Pentecost 45
17. Post-Biblical Holidays 46
18. Fast Days 48
Chapter 5 The Life Cycle 50
Birth
Coming of Age
Marriage
Divorce
Death
B. Lexico-Semantics of the Arabic Dialect of Jerusalem
Chapter 6 References and Referents 69
Synopsis: The Hebrew Substratum in JJ
Ladino in JJ
The Impact of Foreign Loanwords on JJ and J
Loanwords in JJ and J Surveyed
Loanword Sources
Substituting Arabic Neologisms in J for Foreign Loanwords
Deterioration of JJ to -JJ Reflexed by Modern Hebrew
Chapter 7 Semantic Reality: The Traditional H.r. in JJ 77
21. Filling Voids in JJ/J in Religious Contexts by H.r. 77
Merging and Integrating H.r. Loanwords and Loan Translations in JJ
Portmanteau Morphemes and their Referents
Divergence of JJ Verbs from J in Grammatical Structure
Emotive Load
Inference of Referents from References of JJ and J Vernaculars in Contact
Religion and Culture Bound
Secular
Chapter 8 Emotive Exclamations
26. Conferring with Demons 109
Chapter 9 Taboo Terms
Relating to God and Jewish Faith
To an Intruder
To Death
To Diseases
Euphemisms for Old Age
Vulgarisms and Taboo Terms
Sexual Organs
The Sexual Act
Prostitution
Impure Excretions
The Toilet
Vulgarisms
Chapter 10 Hyperbole 121
Exaggerating Feelings and Emotions
Rage
Exasperation
Fear
Alarm
Joy
Love
Desire
Relish
Shame
Disgrace
Annoyance
Friendship
Oath of Divorce
Laughter
Pain
Shuddering from Extreme Weather
Emotional Coldness
Physical Exhaustion Expressing Break-down; Other Exaggerations: Leading to Extremes
In Names and Ajectives
Utter Poverty
Intensity
Abundance
Total Denial
In Time
In Space
In Quantity
In Emphasis
C. Judaeo-Jerusalem Arabic and Jerusalem Arabic in Concord and Contrast Subject Division
Chapter 11 JJ and J in Concord and Contrast 131
Intercourse
General Affections
Sympathetic Affections
Moral Affections
Personal Affections
Individual Volition
Personal Dissociation
Inter-personal Communication
31. The House and its Contents 143
32. Foods and Refreshments 150
33. Dress and Footwear 156
34. Health 160
35. Occupations 163
36. Entertainment 165
37. Arts and Crafts 167
Traffic and Communication
Wireless
Oral and Written
Formalization
Documents
Nature
Organic: Flora and Fauna
Inorganic
Chapter 12 Register
A Multilateral Semantic Factor in Jerusalem Arabic Speech 176
40. Register Classified 176
Bad Style
Filling Voids of J with Hebrew Words
Using Hebrew Terms for Accruing Aspects of Life
Choosing Wrong Allosemes of Ambiguous Hebrew Words for J
Incompatible Loan Translations from Hebrew
Queer Improvised Fabrications
Paraphrasing
Emendation in J of Hebrew Aberrations
Explicating in J while Slipping away Hebrew Words
Concluding in Hebrew -JJ Arabic Sentences
Using Homophonic Hebrew Words out of Place
42. JJ Speakers Relinquishing JJ for J 182.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (page [275]) and index.
ISBN:
9004117628
OCLC:
44313256

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