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1 online resource (xiii, 481 pages). |
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| Series |
Studies in Semitic languages and linguistics,
0081-8461 ;
v. 48
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Studies in Semitic languages and linguistics ; 48.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 468-479) and index. |
| Contents |
Cover -- Contents -- PREFACE -- CHAPTER ONE ARABIC AND THE ISSUE OF STANDARD LANGUAGE -- Arabic and the 8216;diglossic continuum8217; -- Standard language/variety8212;concepts of status, norms, and functions -- The emergence of fu351;h257; as a modern 8216;standard8217; -- Selection and codification -- Elaboration of function -- Acceptance by the community -- Some problems of codification and norm -- Trends in other 8216;diglossic8217; communities -- A 8216;standard8217; with restricted 8216;polyfunctionality8217; -- CHAPTER TWO INTERMEDIATE FORMS8212;8216;MIXED STYLES8217; -- De2;ning 8216;levels8217; of the continuum -- Empirical studies on the linguistic properties of 8216;mixed style8217; -- The 8216;Educated Spoken Arabic8217; of Mitchell and the Leeds project -- A quantitative approach: Schulz 1981 -- Badawi8217;s continuum-cum-levels -- Features which characterize '257;mmiyyat al-mutaqqaf299;n -- The lexical basis of variation8212;8216;the lexical hypothesis8217; -- Notes on the analytical status of 8216;hybrids8217; -- The LS -- Restrictions/constraints on mixing -- Word-internal mixing8212;the asymmetry of the varieties -- Syntactic restrictions/constraints -- The scope of my investigation -- Data and speakers -- Notions of genre, register, and style -- Selection of items for analysis -- System of transcription and presentation of data -- Phoneme inventory and symbols for transcription -- Notes on system of transcription -- Word boundaries and morphological information -- Notes on grammatical notation -- Abbreviations of grammatical terms -- CHAPTER THREE VARIANTS OF COMPLEMENTIZERS WITH THE EMBEDDING OF NOUN CLAUSES (8220;THAT8221;-CLAUSES) -- Forms and distribution of the SA complementizers -- dam299;r al-353;a'n, or the pronominal 8216;dummy8217; -- Forms and distribution of EA complementizer 8;inn -- Obligatory vs. optional use of inn- as complementizer for embedded object clauses -- The interpretation of 'innu -- Formal and functional categories of COMP -- COMP in the current data -- COMP in AUC1 (total 153 lines) -- COMP in AUC2 (total 258 lines) -- COMP in AUC3 (total 224 lines) -- COMP in AUC4 (total 165 lines) -- COMP in NA1 (total 155 lines) -- COMP in NA2 (total 276 lines) -- COMP in NA3 (total 86 lines) -- Discussion and summary of COMP -- Distribution of variants -- Syntactic functions of COMP clauses -- The expression of factuality vs. non-factuality in COMP clauses -- Constraints on asyndetic verb complement clauses -- Constraints of linguistic environment -- The status of 8;innu -- CHAPTER FOUR DEMONSTRATIVES -- Demonstratives in Standard Arabic -- The basic sets in SA -- Pronominal and attributive functions -- Deictic functions and anaphora -- Demonstratives in Egyptian Arabic -- The basic sets of EA -- Pronominal and attributive functions -- SA and EA chart -- DEM in the current data -- DEM in AUC1 -- DEM in AUC2 -- DEM in AUC3 -- DEM in AUC4 -- DEM in NA1 -- DEM in NA2 -- DEM in NA 3 -- Discussion and summary of DEM -- Deixis and anaphoric reference -- Patterns of distribution of SA and EA variants -- Cooccurrence patterns -- CHAPTER FIVE THE EXPRESSION OF NEGATION -- Negation in SA -- l257; -- lam -- lan -- m257; -- laysa -- Neg. |
| Summary |
This volume deals with the linguistic behaviour of Egyptian academics in a specific setting: the panel presentation - assumed to represent a discourse genre, to which speakers will respond with some kind of similar stylistic norm, reflected in linguistic choices among variants of a feature. The features selected for investigation are: complementizers, demonstratives, negation, relatives, and pronoun suffixation - all of which have binary variants in the two basic codes available to the speaker, the standard variety and the vernacular. The use of the variants is discussed for each speaker and across speakers, demonstrating certain patterns of distribution (order), but also a high degree of variable usage (chaos). The investigation is set in a wider comparative sociolinguistic framework. |
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| Reproduction |
Electronic reproduction. [S.l.] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2010. MiAaHDL |
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| Local Note |
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| Subject |
Arabic language -- Dialects -- Research -- Egypt.
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Arabic language -- Dialects. |
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Research. |
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Egypt. |
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Diglossia (Linguistics) -- Egypt -- Case studies.
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Diglossia (Linguistics) |
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Case studies.
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Arabic language -- Standardization.
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Arabic language -- Standardization. |
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Arabic language. |
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Electronic books.
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Case studies.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Mejdell, Gunvor. Mixed styles in spoken Arabic in Egypt. Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2006 (DLC) 2006044018 (OCoLC)65644721 |
| ISBN |
9789047408987 (electronic book) |
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9047408985 (electronic book) |
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1281399000 |
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9781281399007 |
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9789004149861 |
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9004149864 (hardback ; alkaline paper) |
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