A Grammar of the Jewish Arabic Dialect of Gabes
This volume undertakes a linguistic exploration of the endangered Arabic dialect spoken by the Jews of Gabes, a coastal city situated in Southern Tunisia. Belonging to the category of sedentary North African dialects, this variety is now spoken by a dwindling number of native speakers, primarily in...
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| description | This volume undertakes a linguistic exploration of the endangered Arabic dialect spoken by the Jews of Gabes, a coastal city situated in Southern Tunisia. Belonging to the category of sedentary North African dialects, this variety is now spoken by a dwindling number of native speakers, primarily in Israel and France. Given the imminent extinction faced by many modern varieties of Judaeo-Arabic, including Jewish Gabes, the study's primary goal is to document and describe its linguistic nuances while reliable speakers are still accessible. Data for this comprehensive study were collected during fieldwork in Israel and France between December 2018 and March 2022. The volume's primary objective is a meticulous comparative analysis of Jewish Gabes, with a special emphasis on syntax, aiming to discern unique linguistic features through comparison with other North African dialects. The results of the study suggest that the Jewish dialect of Gabes emerged in the first wave of the Arab conquest of the Maghreb, thus exhibiting features that set it apart from its Muslim counterpart. This old variety therefore has the potential to provide invaluable information on the formation of Maghrebi Arabic and the mechanisms of language contact in the pre-Islamic Maghreb. The volume is organised in three main sections: phonology, morphology, and syntax, with the syntax section adopting historical and typological perspectives to shed light on this linguistic terra incognita. |
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| spelling | doab-20.500.12854ir-1369672024-05-11T02:22:01Z A Grammar of the Jewish Arabic Dialect of Gabes Gębski, Wiktor Spoken Arabic dialect in Northern Africa;Jews of Gabes, Tunisia;Linguistics;Judaeo-Arabic;Northern African dialects;Linguistic preservation;Linguistic extinction thema EDItEUR::C Language and Linguistics::CF Linguistics thema EDItEUR::C Language and Linguistics::CF Linguistics::CFF Historical and comparative linguistics thema EDItEUR::C Language and Linguistics::CF Linguistics::CFK Grammar, syntax and morphology thema EDItEUR::C Language and Linguistics::CF Linguistics::CFF Historical and comparative linguistics::CFFD Dialect, slang and jargon thema EDItEUR::Q Philosophy and Religion::QR Religion and beliefs::QRJ Judaism thema EDItEUR::2 Language qualifiers::2C Afro-Asiatic languages::2CS Semitic languages::2CSR Arabic This volume undertakes a linguistic exploration of the endangered Arabic dialect spoken by the Jews of Gabes, a coastal city situated in Southern Tunisia. Belonging to the category of sedentary North African dialects, this variety is now spoken by a dwindling number of native speakers, primarily in Israel and France. Given the imminent extinction faced by many modern varieties of Judaeo-Arabic, including Jewish Gabes, the study's primary goal is to document and describe its linguistic nuances while reliable speakers are still accessible. Data for this comprehensive study were collected during fieldwork in Israel and France between December 2018 and March 2022. The volume's primary objective is a meticulous comparative analysis of Jewish Gabes, with a special emphasis on syntax, aiming to discern unique linguistic features through comparison with other North African dialects. The results of the study suggest that the Jewish dialect of Gabes emerged in the first wave of the Arab conquest of the Maghreb, thus exhibiting features that set it apart from its Muslim counterpart. This old variety therefore has the potential to provide invaluable information on the formation of Maghrebi Arabic and the mechanisms of language contact in the pre-Islamic Maghreb. The volume is organised in three main sections: phonology, morphology, and syntax, with the syntax section adopting historical and typological perspectives to shed light on this linguistic terra incognita. 2024-05-11T02:21:45Z 2024-05-11T02:21:45Z 2024-04-23T09:14:03Z 2024 book https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/90013 9781805112518 9781805112525 9781805112532 https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/136967 eng Semitic Languages and Cultures open access image/jpeg Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/90013/1/obp.0394.pdf Open Book Publishers 10.11647/OBP.0394 10.11647/OBP.0394 b014b543-78bd-4c3b-bc71-b68e2ac855b9 9781805112518 9781805112525 9781805112532 530 Cambridge open access |
| spellingShingle | Spoken Arabic dialect in Northern Africa;Jews of Gabes, Tunisia;Linguistics;Judaeo-Arabic;Northern African dialects;Linguistic preservation;Linguistic extinction thema EDItEUR::C Language and Linguistics::CF Linguistics thema EDItEUR::C Language and Linguistics::CF Linguistics::CFF Historical and comparative linguistics thema EDItEUR::C Language and Linguistics::CF Linguistics::CFK Grammar, syntax and morphology thema EDItEUR::C Language and Linguistics::CF Linguistics::CFF Historical and comparative linguistics::CFFD Dialect, slang and jargon thema EDItEUR::Q Philosophy and Religion::QR Religion and beliefs::QRJ Judaism thema EDItEUR::2 Language qualifiers::2C Afro-Asiatic languages::2CS Semitic languages::2CSR Arabic Gębski, Wiktor A Grammar of the Jewish Arabic Dialect of Gabes |
| title | A Grammar of the Jewish Arabic Dialect of Gabes |
| title_full | A Grammar of the Jewish Arabic Dialect of Gabes |
| title_fullStr | A Grammar of the Jewish Arabic Dialect of Gabes |
| title_full_unstemmed | A Grammar of the Jewish Arabic Dialect of Gabes |
| title_short | A Grammar of the Jewish Arabic Dialect of Gabes |
| title_sort | grammar of the jewish arabic dialect of gabes |
| topic | Spoken Arabic dialect in Northern Africa;Jews of Gabes, Tunisia;Linguistics;Judaeo-Arabic;Northern African dialects;Linguistic preservation;Linguistic extinction thema EDItEUR::C Language and Linguistics::CF Linguistics thema EDItEUR::C Language and Linguistics::CF Linguistics::CFF Historical and comparative linguistics thema EDItEUR::C Language and Linguistics::CF Linguistics::CFK Grammar, syntax and morphology thema EDItEUR::C Language and Linguistics::CF Linguistics::CFF Historical and comparative linguistics::CFFD Dialect, slang and jargon thema EDItEUR::Q Philosophy and Religion::QR Religion and beliefs::QRJ Judaism thema EDItEUR::2 Language qualifiers::2C Afro-Asiatic languages::2CS Semitic languages::2CSR Arabic |
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