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Record Nr.

UNISA996206415403316

Autore

Jong Rudolf Erik de

Titolo

A grammar of the Bedouin dialects of central and southern Sinai [[electronic resource] /] / by Rudolf E. de Jong

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Leiden : Boston, : Brill, 2011

ISBN

1-283-12077-1

9786613120779

90-04-20146-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (460 p.)

Collana

Handbook of Oriental studies = Handbuch der Orientalistik. Section 1, the Near and Middle East, , 0169-9423 ; ; v. 101

Disciplina

492.7/709531

Soggetti

Arabic language - Dialects - Egypt - Sinai

Bedouins - Egypt - Sinai - Languages

Arabic language - Social aspects - Egypt - Sinai

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Preliminary Material / R. De Jong -- Introduction / R. De Jong -- Chapter One. A Description Of The Dialects Of The Ǧbāliyyah, Awlād Sa‘īd, ṢawālḤah, Garāršah And Ḥamāḍah With Remarks On The Dialects Of The Hanādwah And ‘Lēgāt / R. De Jong -- Chapter Two. A Description Of The Dialects Of The Mzēnah And Baniy Wāṣil / R. De Jong -- Chapter Three. A Description Of The Dialects Of The Taṛābīn, Ḥwēṭāt, Ǧarāgrah, Tayāha, Badāṛah, Dbūr And Malālḥah / R. De Jong -- Conclusions / R. De Jong -- Bibliography / R. De Jong -- Index / R. De Jong -- Appendix / R. De Jong.

Sommario/riassunto

After publishing A Grammar of the Bedouin Dialects of the Northern Sinai Littoral: Bridging the Linguistic Gap between the Eastern and Western Arab World (Brill:2000), Rudolf de Jong completes his description of the Bedouin dialects of the Sinai Desert of Egypt by adding the present volume. To facilitate direct comparison of all Sinai dialects, the dialect descriptions in both volumes run parallel and are thus structured in the same manner. Quoting from his own extensive material and using a total of 95 criteria for comparison, De Jong applies the method of 'multi-dimensional scaling' and his own 'step-method'



to arrive at a subdivision into eight (of which seven are 'Bedouin') typological groups in Sinai. An appendix with 68 maps and dialectrometrical plots completes the picture.