Watson, Janet C. E.

Janet C. E. Watson has held lectureships in Arabic at the universities of Edinburgh, Durham, and Salford, and has also taught at the University of Manchester. She travels regularly to the Middle East and has spent extended periods of time in Yemen and Egypt. A fluent speaker of Yemeni Arabic, her
recent research work has concentrated on the phonology of Arabic. Her previous publications include A Syntax of San'ani Arabic (1993), Sbahtu! A Course in San'ani Arabic (1996), and Wasf San'a: Texts in San'ani Arabic (2000).