Overview
This study offers an analysis of hitherto unknown Arabic dialects spoken by bedouin tribes inhabiting the northern Sinai littoral. The author identifies five different dialect groups in the area. He combines his own extensive material with that from publications on neighbouring dialects to put his material in a larger dialect-geographical perspective. Proposing a total of 82 criteria and introducing ""partial isoglosses"" to typologically measure the dialects, he shows that three dialect groups form a continuum connecting the bedouin type of dialects spoken in the Negev and southern Jordan with the sedentary type of dialects spoken in the Nile Delta. An appendix with 77 maps completes the picture.
Full Product Details
Author: Rudolf Erik de Jong
Publisher: Brill
Imprint: Brill
Volume: 52
Weight: 1.367kg
ISBN: 9789004118683
ISBN 10: 9004118683
Pages: 694
Publication Date: 31 May 2000
Audience:
College/higher education
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Professional and scholarly
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Undergraduate
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Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
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Reviews
'...de Jong has made a pioneering work and showed once again how interesting and important the study of spoken Arabic is...de Jong's book should not be missed on the bookshelf of any student of Arabic dialectology and he is only to be congratulated on a splendid job.' Jan Retso, Acta Orienatalia , 2001. 'The result of painstaking research work is praiseworthy indeed: not only is the documentation convincing, but the study also provides effective tools for future investigations.' Heikka Palva, Studia Orientalia.
'.. .de Jong has made a pioneering work and showed once again how interesting and important the study of spoken Arabic isde Jong's book should not be missed on the bookshelf of any student of Arabic dialectology and he is only to be congratulated on a splendid job.'<br>Jan Retsv, Acta Orienatalia, 2001.<br>' The result of painstaking research work is praiseworthy indeed: not only is the documentation convincing, but the study also provides effective tools for future investigations.'<br>Heikka Palva, Studia Orientalia.<br>
' ...de Jong has made a pioneering work and showed once again how interesting and important the study of spoken Arabic is de Jong s book should not be missed on the bookshelf of any student of Arabic dialectology and he is only to be congratulated on a splendid job. Jan Retso, Acta Orienatalia , 2001. The result of painstaking research work is praiseworthy indeed: not only is the documentation convincing, but the study also provides effective tools for future investigations. Heikka Palva, Studia Orientalia .
Author Information
Rudolf E. de Jong, Ph.D. (1999) in Humanities, University of Amsterdam, currently works as an independent researcher of Arabic dialects. He has published two articles on the dialect of the Fayyoum and several on the dialects of Sinai in various journals.
