Arabic dialectology : in honour of Clive Holes on the occasion of his sixtieth birthday / edited by Enam Al-Wer and Rudolf de Jong.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Al-Wer, Enam.

Holes, Clive, 1948-

Jong, Rudolf Erik de.

Series:

Studies in Semitic Languages and Linguistics 53.

Brill eBook titles 2009

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Arabic language--Dialects.

Arabic language.

Sociolinguistics--Arab countries.

Sociolinguistics.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (318 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2009.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Much of the insight in the field of Arabic linguistics has for a long time remained unknown to linguists outside the field. Regrettably, Arabic data rarely feature in the formulation of theories and analytical tools in modern linguistics. This situation is unfavourable to both sides. The Arabist, once an outrider, has almost become a non-member of the mainstream linguistics community. Consequently, linguistics itself has been deprived of a wealth of data from one of the world's major languages. However, it is reassuring to witness advances being made to integrate into mainstream linguistics the visions and debates of specialists in Arabic. Building on this fruitful endeavour, this book presents thought-provoking, new articles, especially written for this collection by leading scholars from both sides. The authors discuss topics in historical, social and spatial dialectology focusing on Arabic data investigated within modern analytical frameworks.

Contents:

Preliminary Materials / Enam Al-Wer and R.E. De Jong

Indeterminacy And The Comparative Method: Arabic As A Model For Understanding The History Of Aramaic / Jonathan Owens

From Qəltu To Gələt: Diachronic Notes On Linguistic Adaptation In Muslim Baghdad Arabic / Heikki Palva

The g/ǧ-Question In Egyptian Arabic Revisited / Manfred Woidich and Liesbeth Zack

Words And Things / Peter Behnstedt

The Arabic Dialect Of Šawāwī Community Of Northern Oman / Domenyk Eades

The Dialect Of The Euphrates Bedouin, A Fringe Mesopotamian Dialect / Bruce Ingham

Quelques Données Sociolinguistiques Sur L’Arabe Parlé À Damas À La Fin Des Années Mille Neuf Cent Soixante-Dix / Jérôme Lentin

Contact, Isolation, And Complexity In Arabic / Peter Trudgill

Loan Verbs In Arabic And The Do-Construction / Kees Versteegh

When Najd Meets Hijaz: Dialect Contact In Jeddah / Aziza Al-Essa

“Big Bright Lights” Versus “Green And Pleasant Land”?: The Unhelpful Dichotomy Of ‘Urban’ Versus ‘Rural’ In Dialectology / David Britain

The Variable (H) In Damascus: Analysis Of A Stable Variable / Hanadi Ismail

The Variety Of Housewives And Cockroaches: Examining Code-Choice In Advertisements In Egypt / Reem Bassiouney

Index / Enam Al-Wer and R.E. De Jong.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

"Bibliography of Clive Holes": pages [xiii]-xviii.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9786612400629

9781282400627

1282400622

9789047425595

9047425596

OCLC:

642818400

Publisher Number:

10.1163/ej.9789004172128.i-298 DOI