Studies in Semitic Languages and Linguistics
Biographical note
Kees Versteegh (Ph.D. 1977, University of Nijmegen) is professor of Arabic and Islam at the University of Nijmegen. He specializes in the history of Arabic and the Arabic grammatical tradition. Among his publications are The Arabic Language (Edinburgh University Press, 2nd ed. 2001) and The Arabic linguistic tradition (Routledge, 1997). He is co-editor of the series Handbuch der Orientalistik and was editor-in-chief of the Encyclopedia of Arabic Language and Linguistics (Brill, 2006-2009) and the Dutch-Arabic/Arabic-Dutch dictionary (Bulaaq, 2003).
Aaron D. Rubin (Ph.D. 2004, Harvard University) is Assistant Professor of Classics and Ancient Mediterranean Studies, Jewish Studies, and Linguistics at Penn State University. He specializes in the comparative study of the Semitic languages, so far with particular attention to Hebrew, Aramaic, and Mehri. His publications inlclude Studies in Semitic Grammaticalization (Eisenbrauns, 2005) and Samuel David Luzzatto, Prolegomena to a Grammar of the Hebrew Language (Gorgias, 2005), and numerous scholarly articles. He also currently serves as an associate editor of Brill’s forthcoming Encyclopedia of Hebrew Language and Linguistics.
Aaron D. Rubin (Ph.D. 2004, Harvard University) is Assistant Professor of Classics and Ancient Mediterranean Studies, Jewish Studies, and Linguistics at Penn State University. He specializes in the comparative study of the Semitic languages, so far with particular attention to Hebrew, Aramaic, and Mehri. His publications inlclude Studies in Semitic Grammaticalization (Eisenbrauns, 2005) and Samuel David Luzzatto, Prolegomena to a Grammar of the Hebrew Language (Gorgias, 2005), and numerous scholarly articles. He also currently serves as an associate editor of Brill’s forthcoming Encyclopedia of Hebrew Language and Linguistics.
Editorial Board
Editorial board: A.D. Rubin, Pennsylvania State University and C.H.M. Versteegh, Radboud University Nijmegen
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In The Subjunctive Mood in Arabic Grammatical Thought Arik Sadan outlines the grammatical theories on the naṣb (subjunctive mood) in Classical Arabic. Special attention is given to Sībawayhi and al-Farrāʾ, who represent the Schools of al-Baṣra and al-Kūfa respectively.
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This volume offers in-depth introductions into major aspects of the Foundations of Arabic Linguistics, early Syriac and medieval Hebrew linguistic traditions. It presents Sībawayhi in the context of his grammatical legacy and reviews his work in the light of modern theories.
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Drawing on the recent discussions on Middle Arabic and Mixed Arabic, this book offers a comprehensive survey of the various fields of Muslim, Jewish and Christian Arabic texts (folklore, religious and linguistic literature) as well as the matters of mixed language and diglossia.
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The collection of articles in this volume is dedicated to Ramzi Baalbaki of the American University of Beirut on the occasion of his 60th birthday. It provides an interesting glimpse into the early medieval and modern traditions related to the Arabic language, its grammar, historical ...
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This book is the first volume devoted to the issues raised by the definition of ‘word’ in Arabic. Papers include studies on the history of Arabic grammatical and rhetorical traditions, current theoretical and applied linguistics, and language contact.
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This work is a linguistic description of an obsolescent dialect of Neo-Aramaic. The dialect was originally spoken by Jews residing in the village of Amǝdya (a.k.a Amadiya) in modern-day northern Iraq. Included are edited transcriptions and translations of a selection of texts recorded in the ...
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This book offers a comprehensive theory of Arabicization in the Middle East and Egypt in the early period of the Arab conquests. It thereby draws on old Arab grammarians coupled with modern research in second language acquisition.
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The empirical findings of this study establish that prepositions remain central to Arabic language users. It shows that they utilize them for construction of phrases, linked clauses, and organization of discourse, among other notable functions.
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This volume contains a detailed grammatical description of Mehri, an unwritten Semitic language spoken in Oman and Yemen. It is the first grammar of its kind, and the first of any Modern South Arabian language in a century.
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This volume is the first of its kind to deal with the relation between Arabic and the media. It focuses on close analyses of examples of media Arabic (code-switching, language variation, orthography and constructions of identity), and also offers approaches to the use of media for teaching Arabic.
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