Approaches To Arabic Dialects

Author : Martine Haak,Rudolf de Jong,Kees Versteegh
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 418 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2017-07-03
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9789047402480

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Approaches to Arabic Dialects by Martine Haak,Rudolf de Jong,Kees Versteegh Pdf

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.

Author : Everhard Ditters,Harald Motzki
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 795 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9789004160156

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Approaches to Arabic Linguistics by Everhard Ditters,Harald Motzki Pdf

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.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2024-06-16
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9780198701378

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Author : Simone Bettega,Roberta Morano
Publisher : Mdpi AG
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2022-12-21
Category : Foreign Language Study
ISBN : 3036561390

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The Classification of Arabic Dialects by Simone Bettega,Roberta Morano Pdf

The question of how to classify the different varieties of spoken Arabic is a long-standing problem in the fields of Arabic and Semitic linguistics, and it has been addressed by several authors and from a number of different perspectives. This collection of articles represents a further contribution to the vast collective effort of attempting to more effectively assess, organize, and understand the varieties of spoken Arabic, applying a classification of Arabic dialects in the broadest possible sense. The authors who contribute to this volume tackle this issue by examining varieties spoken from the Maghreb to the Mashreq and employing various approaches and perspectives, e.g., diatopic and diachronic, syntactical, and typological.

Author : Elabbas Benmamoun,Reem Bassiouney
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 580 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2017-12-22
Category : Foreign Language Study
ISBN : 9781351377805

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The Routledge Handbook of Arabic Linguistics by Elabbas Benmamoun,Reem Bassiouney Pdf

The Routledge Handbook of Arabic Linguistics introduces readers to the major facets of research on Arabic and of the linguistic situation in the Arabic-speaking world. The edited collection includes chapters from prominent experts on various fields of Arabic linguistics. The contributors provide overviews of the state of the art in their field and specifically focus on ideas and issues. Not simply an overview of the field, this handbook explores subjects in great depth and from multiple perspectives. In addition to the traditional areas of Arabic linguistics, the handbook covers computational approaches to Arabic, Arabic in the diaspora, neurolinguistic approaches to Arabic, and Arabic as a global language. The Routledge Handbook of Arabic Linguistics is a much-needed resource for researchers on Arabic and comparative linguistics, syntax, morphology, computational linguistics, psycholinguistics, sociolinguistics, and applied linguistics, and also for undergraduate and graduate students studying Arabic or linguistics.

Author : Mena Lafkioui
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter
Page : 310 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2013-04-30
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9783110292343

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African Arabic: Approaches to Dialectology by Mena Lafkioui Pdf

This present book studies from a dialectological perspective various African Arabic varieties, such as Maghreb Arabic, Bongor Arabic, Juba Arabic and Logorí Arabic. On the one hand, different specific linguistic aspects related to phonetics and phonology as well as to morphology, syntax and lexicology are discussed in this volume; e.g. the Arabic loanwords in Somali with regard to the strata in South Arabian, the structural features of Logorì Arabic and its use as Lingua Franca or native language, the contact-induced innovation processes in North African Arabic negation by analogy with Berber negation. On the other hand, the African Arabic theme is approached from a more general perspective analysing the contact effects on linguistic features and systems from a broader comparative, typological and universal viewpoint, e.g. a general typology of Arabic in Africa, the question of possible universal features of pidginization and creolization drawn on evidence from Arabic-based pidgins and creoles. Its outcomes offer important insights for all linguistic studies and approaches, and directly connect with other research fields such as sociolinguistics, ethnolinguistics and language acquisition.

Author : Munther Younes
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 99 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2014-10-10
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781317580690

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The Integrated Approach to Arabic Instruction by Munther Younes Pdf

Leading teacher of Arabic, Munther Younes, explores the realities of teaching Arabic as a foreign language (AFL) and outlines his groundbreaking approach to instruction, tried and tested over many years at Cornell University. The Integrated Approach to Arabic Instruction introduces teachers to the features of an integrated Arabic program—one that simultaneously teaches the two varieties of the language, Modern Standard Written Arabic, fuṣḥā, and the dialect, āmmiyya, in a way that reflects the authentic practice of native Arabic speakers. This pedagogy, Younes argues, is the most logical, effective and economical method of instruction as it prepares students fully for the realities of the Arabic diglossic situation. Younes takes teachers through the following ground: Consideration of the current Arabic sociolinguistic situation and key debates in the field Outline of changing student goals and the needs of the modern AFL learner Overview of the Integrated Approach covering its rationale, features, implementation methods and usage of instructional materials in the classroom Response to objections to the Integrated Approach, outlining its advantages over alternative practices and clarifying crucial issues in practice The Integrated Approach to Arabic Instruction addresses a pressing issue deeply relevant to the world of Arabic language instruction, placed in the practical context of shifting attitudes among students and educators. It will be an essential resource for all teachers of Arabic as a Foreign Language.

Author : Harald Motzki,Everhard Ditters
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 794 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2007-12-31
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9789047422136

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Approaches to Arabic Linguistics by Harald Motzki,Everhard Ditters Pdf

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.

Author : Manuel Sartori,Manuela E.B. Giolfo,Philippe Cassuto
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 606 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2016-10-05
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9789004325883

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Approaches to the History and Dialectology of Arabic in Honor of Pierre Larcher by Manuel Sartori,Manuela E.B. Giolfo,Philippe Cassuto Pdf

In this volume, leading researchers in their fields present their reflections on Arabic, and more broadly Semitic languages, as well as their insights on those language systems and representations.

Author : Mahmoud Al-Batal
Publisher : Georgetown University Press
Page : 352 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2017-12-04
Category : Foreign Language Study
ISBN : 9781626165052

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Arabic as One Language by Mahmoud Al-Batal Pdf

For decades, students learning the Arabic language have begun with Modern Standard Arabic (MSA) and then transitioned to learning spoken Arabic. While the MSA-first approach neither reflects the sociolinguistic reality of the language nor gives students the communicative skills required to fully function in Arabic, the field continues to debate the widespread adoption of this approach. Little research or evidence has been presented about the effectiveness of integrating dialect in the curriculum. With the recent publication of textbooks that integrate dialect in the Arabic curriculum, however, a more systematic analysis of such integration is clearly becoming necessary. In this seminal volume, Mahmoud Al-Batal gathers key scholars who have implemented integration to present data and research on the method’s success. The studies address curricular models, students' outcomes, and attitudes of students and teachers using integration in their curricula. This volume is an essential resource for all teachers of Arabic language and those working in Teaching Arabic as a Foreign Language (TAFL).

Author : Mohamed Elmahdy,Rainer Gruhn,Wolfgang Minker
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 110 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2012-02-10
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9781461419068

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Novel Techniques for Dialectal Arabic Speech Recognition by Mohamed Elmahdy,Rainer Gruhn,Wolfgang Minker Pdf

Novel Techniques for Dialectal Arabic Speech describes approaches to improve automatic speech recognition for dialectal Arabic. Since speech resources for dialectal Arabic speech recognition are very sparse, the authors describe how existing Modern Standard Arabic (MSA) speech data can be applied to dialectal Arabic speech recognition, while assuming that MSA is always a second language for all Arabic speakers. In this book, Egyptian Colloquial Arabic (ECA) has been chosen as a typical Arabic dialect. ECA is the first ranked Arabic dialect in terms of number of speakers, and a high quality ECA speech corpus with accurate phonetic transcription has been collected. MSA acoustic models were trained using news broadcast speech. In order to cross-lingually use MSA in dialectal Arabic speech recognition, the authors have normalized the phoneme sets for MSA and ECA. After this normalization, they have applied state-of-the-art acoustic model adaptation techniques like Maximum Likelihood Linear Regression (MLLR) and Maximum A-Posteriori (MAP) to adapt existing phonemic MSA acoustic models with a small amount of dialectal ECA speech data. Speech recognition results indicate a significant increase in recognition accuracy compared to a baseline model trained with only ECA data.

Author : Munther Younes
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 74 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2014-10-10
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781317580706

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The Integrated Approach to Arabic Instruction by Munther Younes Pdf

Leading teacher of Arabic, Munther Younes, explores the realities of teaching Arabic as a foreign language (AFL) and outlines his groundbreaking approach to instruction, tried and tested over many years at Cornell University. The Integrated Approach to Arabic Instruction introduces teachers to the features of an integrated Arabic program—one that simultaneously teaches the two varieties of the language, Modern Standard Written Arabic, fuṣḥā, and the dialect, āmmiyya, in a way that reflects the authentic practice of native Arabic speakers. This pedagogy, Younes argues, is the most logical, effective and economical method of instruction as it prepares students fully for the realities of the Arabic diglossic situation. Younes takes teachers through the following ground: Consideration of the current Arabic sociolinguistic situation and key debates in the field Outline of changing student goals and the needs of the modern AFL learner Overview of the Integrated Approach covering its rationale, features, implementation methods and usage of instructional materials in the classroom Response to objections to the Integrated Approach, outlining its advantages over alternative practices and clarifying crucial issues in practice The Integrated Approach to Arabic Instruction addresses a pressing issue deeply relevant to the world of Arabic language instruction, placed in the practical context of shifting attitudes among students and educators. It will be an essential resource for all teachers of Arabic as a Foreign Language.

Author : Jonathan Owens
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 619 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2013-10-03
Category : Foreign Language Study
ISBN : 9780199764136

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The Oxford Handbook of Arabic Linguistics by Jonathan Owens Pdf

Until about 60 years ago, linguistic research on the Arabic language in the West was restricted to inquiries on Classical Arabic and the Classical tradition, and spoken Arabic dialects, with historical studies embedded within the broader field of Semitic languages. This situation is changing quickly, not only through the continuation of older research traditions, but also with the integration of new research fields and perspectives. With this expansion comes the danger of specialists in Arabic losing an overview of the field, and of leaving non-specialists without basic resources for evaluating domains of research which they may be interested in for comparative purposes. The Oxford Handbook of Arabic Linguistics will confront this problem by combining state-of-the-art overviews with essays on issues of perspective, controversy, and point of view. In twenty-four chapters, leading experts from around the world will lay out their own stances on controversial issues. The book not only evaluates ways in which questions and theories established in general linguistics and its sub-fields elucidate Arabic, but also challenges approaches which might result in accommodating Arabic to "non-Arabic" interpretations, and brings out the Arabic specificity of individual problems. The Handbook, in one compact volume, gives critical expression to a language which covers large populations and geographical areas, has a long written tradition, and has been the locus of major intellectual fervor and debate.

Author : Mohamed Embarki,Moha Ennaji
Publisher : Red Sea Press(NJ)
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2011
Category : Arabic language
ISBN : 1569023476

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Modern Trends in Arabic Dialectology by Mohamed Embarki,Moha Ennaji Pdf

The classification of Arabic dialects is a work in process - in particular, there is a significant lack of language-based approaches and the concept of inheritance is often neglected. Recent scholarship has attempted to address these issues. Arabic Dialectology, a compilation of essays from scholars of different origins and diverse linguistic backgrounds (Arabic, Berber, English, French, Hebrew, Spanish), aims to shed a light on recent trends in Arabic dialectology. A key contribution to the understanding of Arabic linguistics, Arabic Dialectology is a must-have.

Author : Reem Bassiouney
Publisher : Georgetown University Press
Page : 412 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2020-04-01
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781626167872

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Arabic Sociolinguistics by Reem Bassiouney Pdf

In this second edition of Arabic Sociolinguistics, Reem Bassiouney expands the discussion of major theoretical approaches since the publication of the book’s first edition to account for new sociolinguistic theories in Arabic contexts with up-to-date examples, data, and approaches. The second edition features revised sections on diglossia, code-switching, gender discourse, language variation, and language policy in the region while adding a chapter on critical sociolinguistics—a new framework for critiquing the scholarly practices of sociolinguistics. Bassiouney also examines the impact of politics and new media on Arabic language. Arabic Sociolinguistics continues to be a uniquely valuable resource for understanding the theoretical framework of the language.