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Subject(s)

• Arabic language—Dialects—Iran—Khuzistan—Grammar [Browse]
• Linguistics [Browse]
• Language and languages [Browse]

Series

Studies in Semitic Languages and Linguistics ; 108. [More in this series]

Summary note

This book is the very first comprehensive description of the Arabic variety spoken in the South-Western Iranian province of Khuzestan. It contains a detailed description of its phonology and morphology with numerous examples and a collection of authentic texts presented in transcription with an English translation. The author uses a corpus-based method for the grammatical analysis relying on original data collected during fieldwork in Khuzestan as well as among other Khuzestani Arab communities in Kuwait and Austria. The introduction and text collection offer the reader insights into Khuzestani Arab culture and traditions. The book highlights the peripheral character of Khuzestani Arabic spoken as a minority dialect in Iran and isolated from influence by both Standard Arabic and regional prestige varieties. It also provides an in-depth description of the linguistic development of Ahvaz, Khuzestan’s capital city.

Notes

This book is the first comprehensive description of the Arabic variety spoken in the Iranian province of Khuzestan. It contains a detailed description of its grammar based on fieldwork data with numerous examples and a collection of authentic texts.

Bibliographic references

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Source of description

Description based on print version record.

Contents

• Acknowledgements
• List of Tables, Maps and Figures
• Abbreviations
• Part 1 Introduction and General Classification of Khuzestani Arabic
• 1 Introduction
• 1.1 Area
• 1.2 History of Arabs and Arab Tribes in Khuzestan
• 1.3 Current Situation of the Arabs and of Arabic in Iran
• 1.4 Khuzestani Arabic and Cognate gələt- Type Arabic Dialects
• 1.5 Data, Methodology, Organization
• 2 General Classification and Internal Subdivisions of Khuzestani Arabic (KhA)
• 2.1 Classification of KhA—The Position of KhA among the Mesopotamian Arabic Dialects
• 2.2 Internal Subdivisions of KhA
• 2.3 Conclusion
• 2.4 Illustrations
• Part 2 Grammar
• 3 Phonology
• 3.1 Consonants
• 3.2 Vowels
• 3.3 Diphthongs
• 3.4 Emphasis
• 3.5 Syllable Structure
• 3.6 Stress
• 3.7 Phonotactics
• 4 Morphology
• 4.1 Pronouns
• 4.2 Quantifiers
• 4.3 Adverbs
• 4.4 Prepositions
• 4.5 Paradigms of Prepositions with Pronominal Suffixes
• 4.6 māl Constructions and the Analytic Genitive
• 4.7 Conjunctions
• 4.8 Particles
• 4.9 Nouns
• 4.10 Numerals
• 4.11 Verbal Morphology
• 5 Texts
• 5.1 Ahvaz, Abu Khazʕal [A1]
• 5.2 Umm Saʕad [A10]
• 5.3 ʕArab (ʕazīb) [A12], Semi-Nomads
• References
• Index.

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Other title(s)

A Spoken Variety of South-West Iran

ISBN

9789004510241 ((electronic bk.))

LCCN

2022022262

Doi

• 10.1163/9789004510241

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