Arabic Dialectology: in Honour of Clive Holes on the Occasion of His Sixtieth Birthday (Studies in Semitic Languages and Linguistics, V. 53)

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. CONTENTS......Page 6 Acknowledgements......Page 8 Introduction......Page 10 Bibliography of Clive Holes......Page 14 Poem: On Your Sixtieth --- by Said Abu Athera......Page 20 TOPICS IN HISTORICAL LINGUISTICS......Page 22 Indeterminacy and the Comparative Method: Arabic as a Model for Understanding the History of Aramaic --- Jonathan Owens......Page 24 From qualtu to galat: Diachronic Notes on Linguistic Adaptation in Muslim Baghdad Arabic --- Heikki Palva......Page 38 The g/g-question in Egyptian Arabic Revisited --- Manfred Woidich and Liesbeth Zack ......Page 62 DESCRIPTIVE DIALECTOLOGY......Page 82 Words and Things --- Peter Behnstedt......Page 84 The Arabic Dialect of a Sawäwï Community of Northern Oman --- Domenyk Eades......Page 98 The Dialect of the Euphrates Bedouin, a Fringe Mesopotamian Dialect --- Bruce Ingham......Page 120 Quelques Données Sociolinguistiques sur l'Arabe Parlé à Damas à la Fin des Années Mille Neuf Cent Soixante-dix --- Jérôme Lentin......Page 130 CONTACT PHENOMENA......Page 192 Contact, Isolation, and Complexity in Arabic --- Peter Trudgill......Page 194 Loan Verbs in Arabic and the DO-construction --- Kees Versteegh......Page 208 SOCIAL DIALECTOLOGY......Page 222 When Najd Meets Hijaz: Dialect Contact in Jeddah --- Aziza Al-Essa......Page 224 "Big Bright Lights" Versus "Green and Pleasant Land"?: The Unhelpful Dichotomy of 'Urban' Versus 'Rural' in Dialectology --- David Britain......Page 244 The Variable (h) in Damascus: Analysis of a Stable Variable --- Hanadi Ismail......Page 270 CODE MIXING......Page 292 The Variety of Housewives and Cockroaches: Examining Code-choice in Advertisements in Egypt --- Reem Bassiouney......Page 294 Index......Page 306 Topics In Historical Linguistics. Indeterminacy And The Comparative Method : Arabic As A Model For Understanding The History Of Aramaic / Jonathan Owens -- From Qultu To Gulut : Diachronic Notes On Linguistic Adaptation In Muslim Baghdad Arabic / Heikki Palva -- The G/ǧ-question In Egyptian Arabic Revisited / Manfred Woidich And Liesbeth Zack -- Descriptive Dialectology. Words And Things / Peter Behnstedt -- The Arabic Dialect Of A 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 Phenomena. Contact, Isolation, And Complexity In Arabic / Peter Trudgill -- Loan Verbs In Arabic And The Do-construction / Kees Versteegh -- Social Dialectology. 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 -- Code Mixing. The Variety Of Housewives And Cockroaches : Examining Code-choice In Advertisements In Egypt / Reem Bassiouney. Edited By Enam Al-wer And Rudolf De Jong. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. Bibliography Of Clive Holes: P. [xiii]-xviii. In English; One Article In French. Topics in historical linguistics. Indeterminacy and the comparative method: Arabic as a model for understanding the history of Aramaic / Jonathan Owens -- From qultu to gulut: diachronic notes on linguistic adaptation in Muslim Baghdad Arabic / Heikki Palva -- The g/g-question in Egyptian Arabic revisited / Wilfred Woidich and Liesbeth Zack -- Descriptive dialectology. Words and things / Peter Behnstedt -- The Arabic dialect of a Sawawi community of Northern Oman / Domenyk Eades -- The dialect of the Euphrates bedouin, a fringe Mesopotamian dialect / Bruce Ingham -- Quelques donnees sociolinguistiques sur l'arabe parle a damas a la fin des annees mille neuf cent soixante-dix / Jerome Lentin -- Contact phenomena. Contact, isolation, and complexity in Arabic / Peter Trudgill -- Loan verbs in Arabic and the DO-construction / Keees Versteegh -- Social dialectology. 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 -- Code mixing. The variety of housewives and cockroaches: examining code-choice in advertisements in Egypt / Reem Bassiouney This book offers a fresh look at Arabic data in a collection of thought-provoking, new articles written by some of the best known scholars in the field. The contributors discuss topics in historical, social and spatial dialectology focusing on Arabic data investigated within modern analytical frameworks.