Arabic Historical Dialectology

Author : Clive Holes
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 432 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2018-08-30
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9780191005060

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Arabic Historical Dialectology by Clive Holes Pdf

This book, by a group of leading international scholars, outlines the history of the spoken dialects of Arabic from the Arab Conquests of the seventh century up to the present day. It specifically investigates the evolution of Arabic as a spoken language, in contrast to the many existing studies that focus on written Classical or Modern Standard Arabic. The volume begins with a discursive introduction that deals with important issues in the general scholarly context, including the indigenous myth and probable reality of the history of Arabic; Arabic dialect geography and typology; types of internally and externally motivated linguistic change; social indexicalisation; and pidginization and creolization in Arabic-speaking communities. Most chapters then focus on developments in a specific region - Mauritania, the Maghreb, Egypt, the Levant, the Northern Fertile Crescent, the Gulf, and South Arabia - with one exploring Judaeo-Arabic, a group of varieties historically spread over a wider area. The remaining two chapters in the volume examine individual linguistic features of particular historical interest and controversy, specifically the origin and evolution of the b- verbal prefix, and the adnominal linker -an/-in. The volume will be of interest to scholars and students of the linguistic and social history of Arabic as well as to comparative linguists interested in topics such as linguistic typology and language change.

Author : Clive Holes
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 422 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:1123952184

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Arabic historical dialectology : linguistic and sociolinguistic approaches by Clive Holes Pdf

Author : Enam al- Wer,Rudolf Erik de Jong
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 319 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9789004172128

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Arabic Dialectology by Enam al- Wer,Rudolf Erik de Jong Pdf

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.

Author : Manuel Sartori,Manuela E.B. Giolfo,Philippe Cassuto
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 606 pages
File Size : 41,8 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 : Aryeh Levin
Publisher : JSAI
Page : 416 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : Arabic language
ISBN : 965350021X

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Arabic Linguistic Thought and Dialectology by Aryeh Levin Pdf

The articles collected in this volume form a contribution to the study of Arabic linguistics. Most of them deal with Arabic medieval grammatical thought and terminology and are based on the oldest grammatical treatises known to us, especially Sibawayhi's al-Kitab. The study of these two topics is interrelated, since the understanding of Arabic grammatical thought depends on the understanding of its terminology and vice versa. During the nineteenth and the twentieth centuries, some prominent scholars maintained that the linguistic data supplied by the early Arab grammarians are unreliable, and, as a result, their grammatical rules do not accord with the linguistic reality of Old Arabic. Professor Levin's studies concerning the history of Arabic language contribute to the refutation of this view, showing that Sibawayhi's linguistic method was mainly descriptive and that the linguistic information furnished by him is authentic and reliable. Professor Levin also shows that Sibawayhi's accurate description of Old Arabic is based primarily on the ordinary speech of certain Bedouin tribes who lived in Southern Iraq in the eighth century. The linguistic data found in the Ketab indicate that these Bedouins still spoke Old Arabic dialects. Aryeh Levin is Professor of Arabic at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. He is also the author of "A Grammar of the Arabic Dialect of Jerusalem" (in Hebrew).

Author : Stefano Manfredi
Publisher : Language Science Press
Page : 702 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2024-05-05
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9783961102518

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Arabic and contact-induced change by Stefano Manfredi Pdf

This volume offers a synthesis of current expertise on contact-induced change in Arabic and its neighbours, with thirty chapters written by many of the leading experts on this topic. Its purpose is to showcase the current state of knowledge regarding the diverse outcomes of contacts between Arabic and other languages, in a format that is both accessible and useful to Arabists, historical linguists, and students of language contact.

Author : Muhammad al-Sharkawi
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 336 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2016-11-25
Category : Foreign Language Study
ISBN : 9781317588634

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History and Development of the Arabic Language by Muhammad al-Sharkawi Pdf

History and Development of the Arabic Language is a general introduction for students to the history of the Arabic language. It is divided into two parts; the pre-Islamic language up to the emergence of the first well-known works of Classical Arabic. Secondly, the transition from the pre-Islamic situation to the complex Arabic language forms after the emergence of Islam and the Arab conquests, both in Arabia and in the diaspora. The book focuses on the pre-Islamic linguistic situation, where the linguistic geography and relevant demographic aspects of pre-Islamic Arabia will be introduced. In addition, the book will also discuss the communicative contexts and varieties of Modern Arabic. The book includes readings, discussion questions and data sets to provide a complete textbook and resource for teachers and students of the history of Arabic.

Author : Muntasir Fayez Faris Al-Hamad,Rizwan Ahmad,Hafid I. Alaoui
Publisher : LIT Verlag Münster
Page : 309 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2017
Category : Arabic language
ISBN : 9783643908650

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Lisan Al-Arab by Muntasir Fayez Faris Al-Hamad,Rizwan Ahmad,Hafid I. Alaoui Pdf

The necessity of studying Arabic dialects has attracted more attention in the recent years. Qatar University chose to support the growing academic interest and research in the field by hosting the Association Internationale de Dialectologie Arabe (AIDA) conference in 2013. The AIDA10 conference and the tenth volume of AIDA proceedings show that a good deal of change and development in the field is occurring. Fewer papers deal on hitherto unknown dialects as the white spots on the map of Arabic dialects have significantly shrunk. More papers focus on syntactical issues because we now possess more and larger text collections. Papers using "change" in their titles indicate that Arabic dialectology has a long history. The time has come to re-examine the studies of the 1940s, 50s, and 60s concerning the dialects of certain regions. This book includes twenty one essays with six written in French. (Series: New Supplements to the Vienna Magazine for the Customer of the East / Neue Beihefte zur Wiener Zeitschrift fÃ?Â1⁄4r die Kunde des Morgenlandes, Vol. 9) [Subject: Linguistics, Arabic Studies]

Author : Muhammad al-Sharkawi
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 274 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2016-11-25
Category : Foreign Language Study
ISBN : 9781317588641

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History and Development of the Arabic Language by Muhammad al-Sharkawi Pdf

History and Development of the Arabic Language is a general introduction for students to the history of the Arabic language. It is divided into two parts; the pre-Islamic language up to the emergence of the first well-known works of Classical Arabic. Secondly, the transition from the pre-Islamic situation to the complex Arabic language forms after the emergence of Islam and the Arab conquests, both in Arabia and in the diaspora. The book focuses on the pre-Islamic linguistic situation, where the linguistic geography and relevant demographic aspects of pre-Islamic Arabia will be introduced. In addition, the book will also discuss the communicative contexts and varieties of Modern Arabic. The book includes readings, discussion questions and data sets to provide a complete textbook and resource for teachers and students of the history of Arabic.

Author : Mohamed Embarki,Moha Ennaji
Publisher : Red Sea Press(NJ)
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 41,6 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 : Christopher Lucas,Stefano Manfredi
Publisher : BoD – Books on Demand
Page : 702 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2020-05-13
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9783961102525

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Arabic and contact-induced change by Christopher Lucas,Stefano Manfredi Pdf

This volume offers a synthesis of current expertise on contact-induced change in Arabic and its neighbours, with thirty chapters written by many of the leading experts on this topic. Its purpose is to showcase the current state of knowledge regarding the diverse outcomes of contacts between Arabic and other languages, in a format that is both accessible and useful to Arabists, historical linguists, and students of language contact.

Author : Rhona Alcorn
Publisher : Edinburgh University Press
Page : 190 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2019-01-03
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781474430555

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Historical Dialectology in the Digital Age by Rhona Alcorn Pdf

Examines how pre-modernist conceptions and social organizations of pleasure have impacted post-WWII film.

Author : Jonathan Owens
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 513 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2023-09-28
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9780192693174

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Arabic and the Case against Linearity in Historical Linguistics by Jonathan Owens Pdf

This book explores the long history of the Arabic language, from pre-Islamic Arabic via the Classical era of the Arabic grammarians up to the present day. While most traditional accounts have been dominated by a linear understanding of the development of Arabic, this book instead advocates a multiple pathways approach to Arabic language history. Arabic has multifarious sources: its relations to other Semitic languages, an old epigraphic and papyrological tradition, a vibrant and linguistically original classical Arabic linguistic tradition, and a widely dispersed array of contemporary spoken varieties. These diverse sources present a challenge to and an opportunity for defining a holistic but not necessarily linear Arabic language history. The geographical breadth and chronological depth of Arabic make it a fertile ground for a critical appraisal and application of perspectives from a range of subdisciplines including sociolinguistics, typology, grammaticalization, and corpus linguistics. Jonathan Owens draws on these approaches to investigate more than 20 individual case studies that cover more than 1500 years of documented and reconstructed history: the results demonstrate that Arabic is a far more complex historical object than traditional accounts have assumed. This complexity is further explored in a comparison of the historical morphology of three languages that can be compared over roughly the same period (500 AD-2022 AD): Icelandic, English, and Arabic. Icelandic and English are diametrically opposed on a parameter of linearity. Icelandic is effectively alinear: the morphology of the earliest Icelandic writings is the morphology of today. English is linear, having undergone a drastic change in morphology from its Old English stage to the Middle English period. Arabic is shown to be alinear in many important respects, but multilinear in others, with different sorts of linguistic changes being spread across many individual historical speech communities.

Author : Jonathan Owens
Publisher : OUP Oxford
Page : 330 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2006-05-11
Category : Foreign Language Study
ISBN : 9780191537462

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A Linguistic History of Arabic by Jonathan Owens Pdf

A Linguistic History of Arabic presents a reconstruction of proto-Arabic by the methods of historical-comparative linguistics. It challenges the traditional conceptualization of an old, Classical language evolving into the contemporary Neo-Arabic dialects. Professor Owens combines established comparative linguistic methodology with a careful reading of the classical Arabic sources, such as the grammatical and exegetical traditions. He arrives at a richer and more complex picture of early Arabic language history than is current today and in doing so establishes the basis for a comprehensive, linguistically-based understanding of the history of Arabic. The arguments are set out in a concise, case by case basis, making it accessible to students and scholars of Arabic and Islamic culture, as well as to those studying Arabic and historical linguists.

Author : Werner Arnold,Maciej Klimiuk
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 326 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2019-09-11
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 3447112751

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Arabic Dialectology by Werner Arnold,Maciej Klimiuk Pdf

Obviously, many books and handbooks are used to prepare for linguistic fieldwork. However, these do not describe the specific intricacies of fieldwork within Semitic dialectology and the regions of its concern, especially the Middle East and North Africa. The existing literature on Semitic dialectology, then again, often omits the author's own experiences and difficulties they faced during their fieldwork, which keeps the fieldwork methodology out of discussion. The volume Arabic Dialectology discusses field research and methodology in Semitic dialectology for the first time considering them from different perspectives and angles. It consists of three parts, which have been separated thematically. The first part "Field Research: Practical Experience" contains articles that focus on field research in Arabic-speaking countries. The authors not only talk about methods they use but also quote from memories, sometimes quite vividly of the problems they had to face. The second part of the volume concerns "Tools, Methods and Historical Sources", while the third part contains samples of questionnaires that have already been used in field research.