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 Arabic Dialectology: In honour of Clive Holes on the Occasion of his Sixtieth Birthday

Contents

• • Preliminary Materials (i-xx)   (216K)
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    • Contents
    • Acknowledgements
    • Introduction
    • Bibliography Of Clive Holes
  • Indeterminacy And The Comparative Method: Arabic As A Model For Understanding The History Of Aramaic (1-16) by Jonathan Owens   (156K)
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    • 1. Introduction
    • 2. Proto-Semitic *ð In Aramaic
    • 2. Did Aramaic *ð > z Occur?
    • Bibliography
  • From Qəltu To Gələt: Diachronic Notes On Linguistic Adaptation In Muslim Baghdad Arabic (17-40) by Heikki Palva   (197K)
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    • 1. Introduction
    • 2. Qəltu-Type Features In The Muslim Dialect Of Baghdad
    • 3. Gələt-Type Features In The Muslim Dialect Of Baghdad
    • 4. The Historical Context
    • 5. Discussion
    • Conclusion
    • Bibliography
  • The g/ǧ-Question In Egyptian Arabic Revisited (41-60) by Manfred Woidich and Liesbeth Zack   (194K)
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    • 1. The Problem
    • 2. /g/ Outside Egypt
    • 3. The Blanc (1981)—Hary (1996) Thesis
    • 4. More Evidence For Gīm
    • 5. Evidence From Dialect Geography
    • Conclusion
    • Bibliography
  • Words And Things (61-76) by Peter Behnstedt   (152K)
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    • 1. Introduction
    • 2. Village
    • 3. Kitchen
    • 4. Baking Oven
    • 5. To Light A Fire
    • 6. Water-Tap
    • Bibliography
  • The Arabic Dialect Of Šawāwī Community Of Northern Oman (77-98) by Domenyk Eades   (186K)
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    • 1. Introduction
    • 2. The Šawāwī Dialect In Relation To The Omani Dialects
    • 3. Phonology
    • 4. Morphology In Relation To Omani B And S Types
    • 5. Personal Pronouns
    • 6. Syntax
    • 7. Other Lexical Features
    • 8. Lexical Contrasts
    • 9. Discussion And Conclusion
    • 10. Text: The Life Of The Šawāwī
    • Bibliography
  • The Dialect Of The Euphrates Bedouin, A Fringe Mesopotamian Dialect (99-108) by Bruce Ingham   (139K)
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    • 1. Introduction
    • 2. Dialect Features
    • 3. Relationship Of The Euphrates Bedouin To Neighbouring Populations
    • Text
    • Bibliography
  • Quelques Données Sociolinguistiques Sur L’Arabe Parlé À Damas À La Fin Des Années Mille Neuf Cent Soixante-Dix (109-170) by Jérôme Lentin   (527K)
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    • 1. Introduction
    • 2. Objectifs Et Déroulement Du Travail
    • 3. La Perception De La Situation Sociolinguistique Et Son Expression
    • 4. Existe-T-IL Une Norme?
    • 5. Quarante-Sept Variantes
    • 6. Colorations Vocaliques D’ensemble?
    • 7. La Centralisation De A
    • 8. Verbes À Voyelle Radicale D’Inaccompli E / O
    • 9. Autres Variantes ; Traits Disparus Ou En Voiede Disparition
    • Références Bibliographiques
  • Contact, Isolation, And Complexity In Arabic (171-186) by Peter Trudgill   (140K)
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    • 1. Introduction
    • 2. Simplification
    • 3. Complexification
    • 4. Two Types Of Contact
    • 5. Contact-Induced Simplification In Arabic
    • 6. Contact-Induced Complexification In Arabic
    • Conclusion
    • Bibliography
  • Loan Verbs In Arabic And The Do-Construction (187-200) by Kees Versteegh   (141K)
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    • Bibliography
  • When Najd Meets Hijaz: Dialect Contact In Jeddah (201-222) by Aziza Al-Essa   (227K)
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    • 1. Introduction
    • 2. The Sociolinguistic Situation In Jeddah
    • 3. The Najdi Community In Jeddah
    • 4. The Varieties
    • 5. Affrication In Najdi
    • 6. Methodology
    • 7. Results And Discussion
    • Conclusion
    • Bibliography
  • “Big Bright Lights” Versus “Green And Pleasant Land”?: The Unhelpful Dichotomy Of ‘Urban’ Versus ‘Rural’ In Dialectology (223-248) by David Britain   (159K)
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    • 1. Introduction
    • 2. Throwing The Rural Baby Out With The Traditional Dialectological Bathwater: The Urban Turn In Studies Of Language Variation And Change
    • 3. Urban And Rural In Social Dialectology
    • 4. The Geography Of Urban And Rural
    • 5. The Urban Fetish
    • 6. Contact As A Causal Mechanism
    • Conclusion
    • Bibliography
  • The Variable (H) In Damascus: Analysis Of A Stable Variable (249-270) by Hanadi Ismail   (364K)
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    • 1. Introduction
    • 2. Background
    • 3. The City Of Damascus
    • 4. The Sample
    • 5. The Communities: A Life-Mode Approach
    • 6. Phonology Of (H) In The Pronominal Suffixes
    • 7. Stress
    • 8. The Data
    • 9. The Results
    • 10. Notes On [H] Occurrences
    • 11. Urban Hierarchy Model: The Geography Of (H)
    • Conclusion
    • Bibliography
  • The Variety Of Housewives And Cockroaches: Examining Code-Choice In Advertisements In Egypt (271-284) by Reem Bassiouney   (139K)
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    • 1. Introduction
    • 2. Sociolinguistic Stereotypes: The Variety Of Housewives And Cockroaches
    • 3. Diglossic Switching As Part Of Code Switching: Minimise Costs And Maximise Rewards
    • Conclusion
    • Bibliography
  • Index (285-298)   (169K)