Demonstratives in Musandam Arabic: Distinctive Archaisms and Innovations
Contenu
- Titre
- Demonstratives in Musandam Arabic: Distinctive Archaisms and Innovations
- Créateur
- Anonby, Erik Voir tous les contenus avec cette valeur
- Bettega, Simone Voir tous les contenus avec cette valeur
- Procházka, Stephan Voir tous les contenus avec cette valeur
- Date
- 2022
- Dans
- Arabica Voir tous les contenus avec cette valeur
- Résumé
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Abstract
This study introduces and analyzes proximal and distal singular demonstratives in fourteen varieties of Musandam Arabic, a little-documented dialect group located on Musandam Peninsula in northern Oman and neighbouring areas of the United Arab Emirates. Following an overview of the dialect group in its regional context, the study provides a description of singular demonstratives from the point of view of phono-logy, morphology, and geographical distribution. The study then focuses on two salient features found in several of the varieties under investigation: gender distinction based on consonantal alternation (
d
-based masculine forms vs
t
-based feminine forms); and gemination of the feminine
t
-element. While the former is attested, albeit rarely, in other Arabic dialects, the latter is unheard of. In the last section of the article, some hypotheses are put forward as to how these forms could have developed from a historical point of view, in light of data from different Arabic and Semitic varieties. While the gemination of the
t
-element is best regarded as a Musandam-internal innovation, the
d : t
consonantal alternation reinforces the putative historical link between south-western Arabia and Oman. - Sujet
- Linguistique -- Oman Voir tous les contenus avec cette valeur
- Langue
- eng
- volume
- 69
- numéro
- 6
- pages
- 675-702
- doi
- 10.1163/15700585-12341654
- issn
- 0570-5398, 1570-0585
- Titre abrégé
- Demonstratives in Musandam Arabic
Anonby, Erik, Bettega, Simone, et Procházka, Stephan, “Demonstratives in Musandam Arabic: Distinctive Archaisms and Innovations”, 2022, bibliographie, consulté le 21 décembre 2024, https://ibadica.org/s/bibliographie/item/23532
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