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141016 VU Arabic Dialects of West Asia (2023W)

4.00 ECTS (2.00 SWS), SPL 14 - Orientalistik, Afrikanistik, Indologie und Tibetologie
Continuous assessment of course work
Moodle

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Details

max. 38 participants
Language: German

Lecturers

Classes (iCal) - next class is marked with N

  • Tuesday 10.10. 16:45 - 18:15 Seminarraum Turcica/H UniCampus Hof 1 1F-O1-01
  • Tuesday 17.10. 16:45 - 18:15 Seminarraum Turcica/H UniCampus Hof 1 1F-O1-01
  • Tuesday 24.10. 16:45 - 18:15 Seminarraum Turcica/H UniCampus Hof 1 1F-O1-01
  • Tuesday 31.10. 16:45 - 18:15 Seminarraum Turcica/H UniCampus Hof 1 1F-O1-01
  • Tuesday 07.11. 16:45 - 18:15 Seminarraum Turcica/H UniCampus Hof 1 1F-O1-01
  • Tuesday 14.11. 16:45 - 18:15 Seminarraum Turcica/H UniCampus Hof 1 1F-O1-01
  • Tuesday 21.11. 16:45 - 18:15 Seminarraum Turcica/H UniCampus Hof 1 1F-O1-01
  • Tuesday 28.11. 16:45 - 18:15 Seminarraum Turcica/H UniCampus Hof 1 1F-O1-01
  • Tuesday 05.12. 16:45 - 18:15 Seminarraum Turcica/H UniCampus Hof 1 1F-O1-01
  • Tuesday 12.12. 16:45 - 18:15 Seminarraum Turcica/H UniCampus Hof 1 1F-O1-01
  • Tuesday 09.01. 16:45 - 18:15 Seminarraum Turcica/H UniCampus Hof 1 1F-O1-01
  • Tuesday 16.01. 16:45 - 18:15 Seminarraum Turcica/H UniCampus Hof 1 1F-O1-01
  • Tuesday 23.01. 16:45 - 18:15 Seminarraum Turcica/H UniCampus Hof 1 1F-O1-01
  • Tuesday 30.01. 16:45 - 18:15 Seminarraum Turcica/H UniCampus Hof 1 1F-O1-01

Information

Aims, contents and method of the course

Grouping and typical phenomena of the dialects spoken in Arabia, Mesopotamia, and the Levant.
Case studies from every region
Analysis of texts and recordings

Assessment and permitted materials

Active participation
Transcription, translation, and linguistic analysis of a recording (length 2-3 min).
Dialect profiles.
Deadline 31 March 2024.

Minimum requirements and assessment criteria

Active participation
3 absences tolerated
Test 50% - Essay 50% (both have to be passed)

Examination topics

No exam.

Reading list

1. Brustad, Kristen. 2007. “Drink your milks!: -āt as individuation marker in Levantine Arabic.” In Classical Arabic Humanities in Their Own Terms: Festschrift for Wolfhart Heinrichs on his 65th Birthday. Presented by his Students and Colleagues. Leiden: Brill, 1-19.
2. Río Sánchez, Francisco del. 2013. “Influences of Aramaic on dialectal Arabic.” In Archaism and Innovation in the Semitic Languages: Selected Papers. Ed. by J. P. Monferrer-Sala and W. G. E. Watson, 129-136. Córdoba: Oriens Academic.
3. Holes, Clive. 2004. “Tanwīn in the Arabic dialects of Eastern and South Eastern Arabia.” e.d.n.a. 8, 89-97.
4. Holes, Clive. 2007. “Colloquial Iraqi Arabic.” In Languages of Iraq, ancient and modern. Ed. J. N. Postgate. [Iraq]: British School of Archaeology in Iraq, 123-134.
6. Jastrow, Otto. 1997. „Wie arabisch ist Uzbekistan-Arabisch?“, in: E. Wardini (ed.): Built on Solid Rock. Studies in Honour of Professor Ebbe Egede Knudsen. Oslo: Novus, 141-153.

Further titles will be provided during classes.

Association in the course directory

AS-2, AS-1 (alt)
WM-22, WM-21 (alt)

Last modified: Fr 05.04.2024 12:26