With four volumes anticipated to complete the work, this second volume completes half of an ambitious reference. Written by 112 contributors at research institutions worldwide, the entries describe topics on general themes, specific words, linguistic issues, Arabic use or influence in individual countries, and national languages and dialects. A sampling of entry topics on general themes includes ethnicity and language, epigraphy, Europe, French loanwords, gender, government, intonation, and language attitudes. The country entries contain a general overview of the use or influence of Arabic there, the dialects, linguistic description, and a lexicon. All entries conclude with a list of bibliography. Because of the many entries on non-technical topics, the reference will be useful not only to linguists, but also scholars and students in other disciplines. Versteegh is at the U. of Nijmegen in the Netherlands. An index is not provided with this volume. Annotation ©2007 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
The Encyclopedia of Arabic Language and Linguistics is a major multi-volume reference work. It is a unique collaboration of hundreds of scholars from around the world and covers all relevant aspects of the study of Arabic, dealing with all levels of the language (pre-Classical Arabic, Classical Arabic, Modern Standard Arabic, Arabic vernaculars, mixed varieties of Arabic).
Recenzijas
"Rarely have I been so profoundly impressed by a work of collective scholarship, virtually beyond criticism in every respect. Contributions and editing alike are of exceptional quality, and its value embraces lay readers (who will find it readable, often amusing), serious students (who will make progress), and denizens of ivory towers (who will wish they had written part or whole). A brilliant contribution to knowledge, destined to be the benchmark for future research and popularisation. Recommended without reservation to all academic libraries. To quote the greetings article: 'ahlan, 'ahlan!'" H.G.A. Hughes, Languages and Literature.
Egypt, Elative, Elision, Ellipsis, Enclisis, Energicus, English, English
Loanwords, Epenthesis, Epigraphy (Islamic), Ethiopia, Ethiopic Loanwords,
Ethnicity and Language, Etymology, Euphemism, Europe, Exclamation, Fil,
Fa, Fil, First Language Acquisition, First Language Teaching, Focus,
Foreigner Talk, French Loanwords, Fronting, Frozen Expression, Fulfulde,
Functional Grammar, Gahawa-syndrome, Gemination, Gender, Glide, Government,
Grammatical Tradition: Approach, Grammatical Tradition: History,
Grammaticalization, Greek Loanwords, Greetings, Grounding, Gulf States, Gypsy
Arabic, af, l, Hamza, araka, arf, assniyya Arabic, Hausa, imyaritic,
History of Arabic, Horn of Africa, Hypercorrection, Ibdl, Ibero-Romance,
Ibero-Romance Loanwords, Ibtid, Ifa, Idm, Imr, Ijz, Il,
Illa, Imla, Impersonal Verb, Implicational Scale, India, Indirect Speech,
Indonesia, Indonesian/Malay, Inflection, Inna wa-axawtuh, In,
Insults, Interface Linguistics, Interference, Interjection, Internet,
Interrogative Pronoun, Interrogative Sentences, Intonation, Irb, Iran,
Iraq, Ism, Ism al-Fail, Ism al-Fil, Isnd, Israel, Istira, Itiqq,
Istin, Italian, Italian Loanwords, Ibq, Ivrit, Ivrit Loanwords, Jargon,
Javanese, Jaz, Jerusalem Arabic, Jm, Jins, Jordan, Jordanian Arabic
(Amman), Juba Arabic, Judaeo-Arabic, Jumla, Kalm, Kalima, Kna
wa-axawtuh, Kanuri, Kakaa and Kaskasa, Kazakh, Khartoum Arabic,
Khuzestan Arabic, Kinya, Kinship Terms, Ki-Nubi, Kufic, Kurdish, Kuwaiti
Arabic, Labiovelarisation, Laf, Lan, Language Academies, Language and
Gender, Language Attitudes, Language Contact, Language Impairment, Language
Loss, Language Pathology, Language Policies and Planning, Language Shift:
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