A Grammar of the Jewish Arabic Dialect of Gabes

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dc.contributor.authorGębski, Wiktor
dc.date.accessioned2024-05-16T13:32:59Z
dc.date.available2024-05-16T13:32:59Z
dc.date.issued2024-04-15
dc.date.updated2024-05-16T13:32:59Z
dc.descriptionPublication status: ACTIVE
dc.description.abstractThis volume undertakes a linguistic exploration of the endangered Arabic dialect spoken by the Jews of Gabes, a coastal city situated in Southern Tunisia. Belonging to the category of sedentary North African dialects, this variety is now spoken by a dwindling number of native speakers, primarily in Israel and France. Given the imminent extinction faced by many modern varieties of Judaeo-Arabic, including Jewish Gabes, the study's primary goal is to document and describe its linguistic nuances while reliable speakers are still accessible. Data for this comprehensive study were collected during fieldwork in Israel and France between December 2018 and March 2022. The volume's primary objective is a meticulous comparative analysis of Jewish Gabes, with a special emphasis on syntax, aiming to discern unique linguistic features through comparison with other North African dialects. The results of the study suggest that the Jewish dialect of Gabes emerged in the first wave of the Arab conquest of the Maghreb, thus exhibiting features that set it apart from its Muslim counterpart. This old variety therefore has the potential to provide invaluable information on the formation of Maghrebi Arabic and the mechanisms of language contact in the pre-Islamic Maghreb. The volume is organised in three main sections: phonology, morphology, and syntax, with the syntax section adopting historical and typological perspectives to shed light on this linguistic terra incognita.
dc.description.versionVoR
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.11647/OBP.0394
dc.identifier.isbn9781805112518
dc.identifier.isbn9781805112525
dc.identifier.isbn9781805112532
dc.identifier.otherdb3a8d31-b2eb-4612-aed9-9075d6d93558
dc.identifier.urihttps://thoth-arch.lib.cam.ac.uk/handle/1811/9
dc.languageENG
dc.publisherOpen Book Publishers
dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/
dc.subject2CSR
dc.subjectCF
dc.subjectCFF
dc.subjectCFFD
dc.subjectCFK
dc.subjectJFSR1
dc.subjectHIS022000
dc.subjectHIS026010
dc.subjectLAN006000
dc.subjectLAN009010
dc.subjectQRJ
dc.subjectCambridge Semitic Languages and Cultures
dc.subjectLinguistics
dc.subjectJews of Gabes, Tunisia
dc.subjectJudaeo-Arabic
dc.subjectLinguistic extinction
dc.subjectLinguistic preservation
dc.subjectNorthern African dialects
dc.subjectSpoken Arabic dialect in Northern Africa
dc.titleA Grammar of the Jewish Arabic Dialect of Gabes
dc.typehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_2f33
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