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Subject(s)

• Arabic language—Dialects [Browse]
• Sociolinguistics—Arab countries [Browse]

Related name

• Al-Wer, Enam [Browse]
• Holes, Clive, 1948- [Browse]
• Jong, Rudolf Erik de. [Browse]

Series

• Studies in Semitic Languages and Linguistics 53. [More in this series]
• Brill eBook titles 2009

Summary note

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.

Notes

Description based upon print version of record.

Bibliographic references

• "Bibliography of Clive Holes": pages [xiii]-xviii.
• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Language note

English

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.

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ISBN

• 9786612400629
• 9781282400627
• 1282400622
• 9789047425595
• 9047425596

LCCN

2009014371

OCLC

642818400

Doi

• 10.1163/ej.9789004172128.i-298

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