Siculo Arabic / / Dionisius A. Agius

• Autore: Agius Dionisius A.
• Pubblicazione: Oxon [England] : , : Routledge, , 2010
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (577 p.)
• Disciplina: 492.77
• Soggetto topico: Arabic language - Dialects - Italy - Sicily
• Note generali: First published in 1996 by Kegan Paul International.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Front Cover; Siculo Arabic; Copyright Page; Contents; List of lllustrations; Maps; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; Chart; Introduction; Chapter One.The Land of the Siculans; Chapter Two. The Siculo Arabic: Ethnic andSocial Features; Chapter Three. The Socio-Linguistic Scene of Islamic and Post-IslamicSicily; Chapter Four. The Role of Ibn Makkī in Siculo Arabic; Chapter Five. Siculo-LahnArabic: Phonological Correspondences; Chapter Six. Siculo-Arabic: Phonological Correspondences; Chapter Seven. Romance and Greek Interferencesin Siculo-Arabic; Chapter Eight.Siculo-Middle Arabic ; General ConclusionBibliography; Index; Glossary of Technical Terms (English-Arabic)
• Sommario/riassunto: The development of the Siculo Arabic group of varieties in the early medieval period took place at a time when Sicily was a cross-road of two major cultures, the Latin and the Byzantine. Palermo was a melting pot of linguistic contacts - Romance, Greek and Arabic. The question of language use in Sicily under both the Islamic (213-485/827-1091) and the Norman (485-681/1091-1282) is a complex one. The Arabic spoken by Arabs and non-Arabs at different layers or registers was a different variety to the highly archaized form of Classical Arabic. This study contributes to the understanding of Sic
• Titolo autorizzato: Siculo arabic
• ISBN: 1-136-16185-6; 1-283-70963-5; 0-203-03858-4; 1-136-16178-3
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910813499003321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Library of Arabic linguistics ; ; monograph no. 12.