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Autore: | Ingham Bruce |
Titolo: | Najdi Arabic : central Arabian / / Bruce Ingham |
Pubblicazione: | Amsterdam ; ; Philadelphia : , : John Benjamins Pub., , 1994 |
©1994 | |
Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (xvi, 215 pages) : map |
Disciplina: | 492/.77 |
Soggetto topico: | Arabic language - Dialects - Saudi Arabia - Najd - Grammar |
Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references (p. [207]-211) and index. |
Nota di contenuto: | 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 |
Sommario/riassunto: | 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 |
Titolo autorizzato: | Najdi Arabic |
ISBN: | 9786613222480 |
90-272-8312-5 | |
1-283-22248-5 | |
Formato: | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
Record Nr.: | 9910781501803321 |
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