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UNINA9910822810803321 |
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Autore |
Ingham Bruce |
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Titolo |
Najdi Arabic : central Arabian / / Bruce Ingham |
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Amsterdam ; ; Philadelphia : , : John Benjamins Pub., , 1994 |
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©1994 |
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ISBN |
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9786613222480 |
90-272-8312-5 |
1-283-22248-5 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (xvi, 215 pages) : map |
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Collana |
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London Oriental and African language library ; ; v. 1 |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Arabic language - Dialects - Saudi Arabia - Najd - Grammar |
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Lingua di pubblicazione |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [207]-211) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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NAJDI ARABIC; Editorial page; Title page; Copyright page; Dedication; Table of contents; Preface; Acknowledgements; List of Abbreviations; Najd and Surrounding Areas; 1. Najd and the Najdi dialects; 2. Phonology; 3. Morphology; 4. Sentence structure; 5. The noun phrase structure; 6. Number and gender; 7. The verb transitivity system; 8.Tense, aspectand aktionsart; 9. Modality in the sentence; 10. Time and condition structures; 11. Texts; Appendix 1. Lexicon of Najdi items; Appendix 2. Local dialect differences; Footnotes; References; Index |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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The region of Najd in Central Arabia has always been regarded as inaccessible, ringed by a belt of sand deserts, the Nafud, Dahana and the Rub' al-Khali and often with its population at odds with the rulers of the outer settled lands. It is however the centre of a purely Arabian culture based on a partnership between bedouin camel husbandry and settled palm cultivation. Possibly as a result of overpopulation the bedouin have periodically spread over into the lands of the Fertile Crescent. Because of their isolated position the Najdi dialect is of a very interesting and archaic type showing ver |
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