A Comparative Glossary of Cypriot Maronite Arabic (Arabic-English): With an Introductory Essay - Couverture rigide

Borg, Alexander

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 9004131981 ISBN 13 : 9789004131989

Editeur : Brill, 2004

Synopsis

Cypriot Arabic, an unwritten language and mother tongue of several hundred bilingual (Arabic/Greek) Maronites from Kormakiti (N.W. Cyprus), evolved from a medieval Arabic colloquial brought to the island by Christian Arab migrants (probably from Asia Minor and Syria). It represents the outcome of a unique linguistic and cultural synthesis drawing on Arabic, Aramaic, and Greek; its Arabic component also shows a hybrid areal profile combining Greater Syrian traits with formal features typical of the contemporary S.E.Anatolian-Mesopotamian dialectal continuum. A number of rare Aramaic substratal elements in Cypriot Arabic suggest a relatively early separation of its parent dialect from mainstream Arabic. This lexicon surveys about 2000 Cypriot Arabic terms against the background of extensive comparative material from the Arabic dialects, Old Arabic, and colloquial and literary varieties of Aramaic. Many Cypriot Arabic terms are here cited with illustrative examples and ethnographic commentary where relevant. Cypriot Arabic is an endangered language; the present glossary is the most comprehensive lexical record of this scientifically intriguing variety of peripheral Arabic. It is primarily intended for orientalists and linguists specializing in comparative Semitics and Arabic dialectology.

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À propos de l'auteur

Alexander Borg, Ph.D. (1978), Hebrew University; Habilitation (1983), Universitat Erlangen-Nurnberg, is Professor at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev. He specializes in comparative Semitics (focusing on Arabic), linguistic anthropology, and Mediterranean linguistics. His books include Cypriot Arabic (Franz Steiner, Stuttgart, 1985) and The Language of Color in the Mediterranean (Stockholm University, 1999)."

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Brill
• Date d'édition: 2004
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 9004131981
• ISBN 13: 9789004131989
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 492
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible