Arabic Historical Dialectology: Linguistic and Sociolinguistic Approaches

ISBN-13: 9780198701378 / Angielski / Twarda / 2018 / 448 str.

Clive Holes

Opis

This book explores the history and evolution of Arabic as a spoken language, from the Arab Conquests of the seventh century up to the present day. Each chapter focuses on a specific region, a wider group of dialects, or a linguistic feature of particular historical interest.

Recenzje

This book is highly welcomed... It will certainly become a key reference tool... I highly recommended it to students and linguists interested in the history of Arabic. Catherine Miller, Aix-en-Provence, Zeitschrift der Deutschen Morgenlaendischen Gesellschaft

O autorze

Clive Holes was Professor for the Study of the Contemporary Arab World at the University of Oxford until 2014, and is now Emeritus Professorial Fellow at Magdalen College. Prior to coming to Oxford he held positions at the University of Salford and University of Cambridge. He has written extensively on the Arabic language, its dialectology, and sociolinguistics, including Dialect, Culture, and Society in Eastern Arabia (three volumes; Brill, 2001-2016), and Modern Arabic: Structures, Functions, and Varieties (Longman, 1995; revised edition Georgetown University Press, 2004).