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Record Nr.

UNINA9910984633803321

Autore

Cerqueglini Letizia

Titolo

Space and Time in aṣ-Ṣāniʿ Arabic : A Cross-Generational Study / / Letizia Cerqueglini

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Leiden ; ; Boston : , : Brill, , 2022

©2022

ISBN

9789004511125

9004511121

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (488 pages)

Collana

Brill's Studies in Language, Cognition and Culture ; ; 33

Language and Linguistics E-Books Online, Collection 2022

Disciplina

492.7

Soggetti

Arabic language - Dialects

Arabic language - Temporal constructions

Space and time in language

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Preliminary Material / Letizia Cerqueglini -- Copyright Page / Letizia Cerqueglini -- Dedication / Letizia Cerqueglini -- Acknowledgements / Letizia Cerqueglini -- Abbreviations and Reading Conventions / Letizia Cerqueglini -- Introduction / Letizia Cerqueglini -- Chapter 1 Aṣ-Ṣāniʿ Space and Time and a Linguist in the Field / Letizia Cerqueglini -- Chapter 2 Basics of Space and Time / Letizia Cerqueglini -- Chapter 3 Society, Culture, and Methodology / Letizia Cerqueglini -- Chapter 4 Aṣ-Ṣāniʿ Space and Time: A Linguistic and Cultural Overview / Letizia Cerqueglini -- Chapter 5 The Intrinsic Frame of Reference across the Generations / Letizia Cerqueglini -- Chapter 6 The Relative Frame of Reference across the Generations / Letizia Cerqueglini -- Chapter 7 The Geocentric Frame of Reference across the Generations / Letizia Cerqueglini -- Chapter 8 TAA , MAA , and YAA Cognitive Referential Framing / Letizia Cerqueglini -- Chapter 9 Temporal Cognition across the Generations / Letizia Cerqueglini -- Chapter 10 Conclusions: Language, Thought, Culture, and Reality / Letizia Cerqueglini -- References / Letizia Cerqueglini -- Index / Letizia Cerqueglini.

Sommario/riassunto

What is the relationship between spatial and temporal representations



in language and cognition? What is the role of culture in this relationship? I enter this discussion by offering a community-based, cross-generational study on the community of speakers of aṣ-Ṣāniʿ Arabic, members of a Negev Desert Bedouin tribe in Israel. The book presents the results of ten years of fieldwork, the linguistic and cognitive profiles of three generations, and first-hand narration of a century of history, from nomadism to sedentarism, between conservation, resilience, and change. Linguistic and cognitive representations change with lifestyle, culture, and relationships with nature and landscape. Language changes more rapidly than cognitive structures, and the relationship between spatial and temporal representations is complex and multifaceted.