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100 1 _aBorg, Alexander,
_eauthor.
245 1 2 _aA Comparative Glossary of Cypriot Maronite Arabic (Arabic-English) :
_bWith an Introductory Essay /
_cAlexander Borg.
246 3 _aWith an Introductory Essay
264 1 _aLeiden;
_aBoston :
_bBRILL,
_c2004.
300 _a1 online resource.
336 _atext
_btxt
_2rdacontent
337 _acomputer
_bc
_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
_2rdacarrier
490 1 _aHandbook of Oriental Studies. Section 1 The Near and Middle East ;
_v70
490 1 _aBrill Book Archive Part 1, ISBN: 9789004472495
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
520 _aCypriot Arabic, an unwritten language and mother tongue of several hundred bilingual (Arabic/Greek) Maronites from Kormakiti (N.W. Cyprus), evolved from a medieval Arabic colloquial brought to the island by Christian Arab migrants (probably from Asia Minor and Syria). It represents the outcome of a unique linguistic and cultural synthesis drawing on Arabic, Aramaic, and Greek; its Arabic component also shows a hybrid areal profile combining Greater Syrian traits with formal features typical of the contemporary S.E.Anatolian-Mesopotamian dialectal continuum. A number of rare Aramaic substratal elements in Cypriot Arabic suggest a relatively early separation of its parent dialect from mainstream Arabic. This lexicon surveys about 2000 Cypriot Arabic terms against the background of extensive comparative material from the Arabic dialects, Old Arabic, and colloquial and literary varieties of Aramaic. Many Cypriot Arabic terms are here cited with illustrative examples and ethnographic commentary where relevant. Cypriot Arabic is an endangered language; the present glossary is the most comprehensive lexical record of this scientifically intriguing variety of peripheral Arabic. It is primarily intended for orientalists and linguists specializing in comparative Semitics and Arabic dialectology.
588 _aDescription based on print version record.
650 0 _aArabic language
_xDialects
_xEnglish
_vGlossaries, vocabularies, etc.
650 0 _aArabic language
_xDialects
_zCyprus
_zKormakiti
_vGlossaries, vocabularies, etc.
650 0 _aMaronites
_zCyprus
_xLanguage.
776 0 8 _iPrint version:
_tA Comparative Glossary of Cypriot Maronite Arabic (Arabic-English) : With an Introductory Essay.
_dLeiden ; Boston : BRILL, 2004
_z9789004131989
_w(DLC) 2003048108
_w(OCoLC)51944499
830 0 _aHandbook of Oriental Studies. Section 1 The Near and Middle East ;
_v70.
830 0 _aBrill Book Archive Part 1, ISBN: 9789004472495.
856 4 _zDOI:
_uhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1163/9789047413974
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