Author: Fatima Sadiqi
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Berber languages
Languages : en
Pages : 18
Book Description
Berber Languages/dialects
Author: Fatima Sadiqi
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Berber languages
Languages : en
Pages : 18
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Berber languages
Languages : en
Pages : 18
Book Description
Diglossia and Language Contact
Author: Lotfi Sayahi
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1139867075
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 271
Book Description
This volume provides a detailed analysis of language contact in North Africa and explores the historical presence of the languages used in the region, including the different varieties of Arabic and Berber as well as European languages. Using a wide range of data sets, it provides a comprehensive analysis of the mechanisms of language contact under classical diglossia and societal bilingualism, examining multiple cases of oral and written code-switching. It also describes contact-induced lexical and structural change in such situations and discusses the possible appearance of new varieties within the context of diglossia. Examples from past diglossic situations are examined, including the situation in Muslim Spain and the Maltese Islands. An analysis of the current situation of Arabic vernaculars, not only in the Maghreb but also in other Arabic-speaking areas, is also presented. This book will appeal to anyone interested in language contact, the Arabic language, and North Africa.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1139867075
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 271
Book Description
This volume provides a detailed analysis of language contact in North Africa and explores the historical presence of the languages used in the region, including the different varieties of Arabic and Berber as well as European languages. Using a wide range of data sets, it provides a comprehensive analysis of the mechanisms of language contact under classical diglossia and societal bilingualism, examining multiple cases of oral and written code-switching. It also describes contact-induced lexical and structural change in such situations and discusses the possible appearance of new varieties within the context of diglossia. Examples from past diglossic situations are examined, including the situation in Muslim Spain and the Maltese Islands. An analysis of the current situation of Arabic vernaculars, not only in the Maghreb but also in other Arabic-speaking areas, is also presented. This book will appeal to anyone interested in language contact, the Arabic language, and North Africa.
The Handbook of Berber Linguistics
Author: Alireza Korangy
Publisher: Springer Nature
ISBN: 9819956900
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 718
Book Description
Publisher: Springer Nature
ISBN: 9819956900
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 718
Book Description
The Arabic Influence on Northern Berber
Author: Maarten Kossmann
Publisher: BRILL
ISBN: 9004253092
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 473
Book Description
The Arabic Influence on Northern Berber provides an overview of the effects of language contact on a wide array of Berber languages spoken in the Maghrib. These languages have undergone important changes in their lexicon, phonology, morphology, and syntax as a result of over a thousand years of Arabic influence. The social situation of Berber-Arabic language contact is similar all over the region: Berber speakers introducing Arabic features into their language, with only little language shift going on. Moreover, the typological profile of the different Berber varieties is relatively homogenous. The comparison of contact-induced change in Berber therefore adds up to a study in typological variation of contact influence under very similar linguistic and social conditions.
Publisher: BRILL
ISBN: 9004253092
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 473
Book Description
The Arabic Influence on Northern Berber provides an overview of the effects of language contact on a wide array of Berber languages spoken in the Maghrib. These languages have undergone important changes in their lexicon, phonology, morphology, and syntax as a result of over a thousand years of Arabic influence. The social situation of Berber-Arabic language contact is similar all over the region: Berber speakers introducing Arabic features into their language, with only little language shift going on. Moreover, the typological profile of the different Berber varieties is relatively homogenous. The comparison of contact-induced change in Berber therefore adds up to a study in typological variation of contact influence under very similar linguistic and social conditions.
Language Empires in Comparative Perspective
Author: Christel Stolz
Publisher: Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
ISBN: 3110408473
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 320
Book Description
The notion of empire is associated with economic and political mechanisms of dominance. For the last decades, however, there has been a lively debate concerning the question whether this concept can be transferred to the field of linguistics, specifically to research on situations of language spread on the one hand and concomitant marginalization of minority languages on the other. The authors who contributed to this volume concur as to the applicability of the notion of empire to language-related issues. They address the processes, potential merits and drawbacks of language spread as well as the marginalization of minority languages, language endangerment and revitalization, contact-induced language change, the emergence of mixed languages, and identity issues. An emphasis is on the dominance of non-Western languages such as Arabic, Chinese, and, particularly, Russian. The studies demonstrate that the emergence, spread and decline of language empires is a promising area of research, particularly from a comparative perspective.
Publisher: Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
ISBN: 3110408473
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 320
Book Description
The notion of empire is associated with economic and political mechanisms of dominance. For the last decades, however, there has been a lively debate concerning the question whether this concept can be transferred to the field of linguistics, specifically to research on situations of language spread on the one hand and concomitant marginalization of minority languages on the other. The authors who contributed to this volume concur as to the applicability of the notion of empire to language-related issues. They address the processes, potential merits and drawbacks of language spread as well as the marginalization of minority languages, language endangerment and revitalization, contact-induced language change, the emergence of mixed languages, and identity issues. An emphasis is on the dominance of non-Western languages such as Arabic, Chinese, and, particularly, Russian. The studies demonstrate that the emergence, spread and decline of language empires is a promising area of research, particularly from a comparative perspective.
Afroasiatic
Author: Carlton T. Hodge
Publisher: Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
ISBN: 3110869861
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 132
Book Description
Publisher: Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
ISBN: 3110869861
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 132
Book Description
A Phonological Study of Tamazight Berber
Author: Jilali Saib
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Tamazight language
Languages : en
Pages : 432
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Tamazight language
Languages : en
Pages : 432
Book Description
Amazigh Vocabulary
Author: Abdellatif Talibi
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN: 9781720569923
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 30
Book Description
The Berber languages, also known as Berber or the Amazigh languages, are a branch of the Afro-asiatic language family. They comprise a group of closely related dialects spoken by the Amazigh people who are aboriginals of North Africa. Tamazight Language is spoken in Canary Islands, Mali, Libya, Egypt, Tunisia, Niger, and Algeria. It must be brought to the fore that Tamazight is also omnipresent within Touareg (Imuhagh) Loci. Imuhagh have got a Tamazight language of their own, it is called Tamashek. This work is for people who love languages, Tamazight language in particular.
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN: 9781720569923
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 30
Book Description
The Berber languages, also known as Berber or the Amazigh languages, are a branch of the Afro-asiatic language family. They comprise a group of closely related dialects spoken by the Amazigh people who are aboriginals of North Africa. Tamazight Language is spoken in Canary Islands, Mali, Libya, Egypt, Tunisia, Niger, and Algeria. It must be brought to the fore that Tamazight is also omnipresent within Touareg (Imuhagh) Loci. Imuhagh have got a Tamazight language of their own, it is called Tamashek. This work is for people who love languages, Tamazight language in particular.
Syllables In Tashlhiyt Berber And In Moroccan Arabic
Author: F. Dell
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 9401002797
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 391
Book Description
This book is intended primarily as an original contribution to the investi gation of the phonology of the two main languages spoken in Morocco. Its central topic is syllable structure. Our theoretical outlook is that of generative phonology. Most of the book deals with Tashlhiyt Berber. This language has a syllable structure with properties which are highly unusual, as seen from the vantage point of better-studied languages on which most theorizing about syllabification is based. On the one hand, complex consonant sequences are a common occurrence in the surface representations. On the other hand, syllable structure is very simple: only one distinctive feature bundle (phoneme) may occur in the onset, the nucleus or the coda. The way these two conflicting demands are reconciled is by allowing vowelless sylla bies . Any consonant may act as a syllable nucleus. When astring is syllabified, nuclear status is preferentially assigned to the segments with a higher degree of sonority than their neighbours. Consider for instance the expression below, which is a complete sentence meaning 'remove it (m) and eat it (m)': /kks=t t-ss-t=t/ [k. st. s . t:"] . k. k~t. t. s. . slt. The sentence must be pronounced voiceless throughout, as indicated by the IPA transcription between square brackets ; the syllabic parse given after the IPA transcription indicates that the sentence comprises four syllables (syllable nuclei are underlined). The differences between the dialects of Berber have to do primarily with the phonology and the lexicon.
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 9401002797
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 391
Book Description
This book is intended primarily as an original contribution to the investi gation of the phonology of the two main languages spoken in Morocco. Its central topic is syllable structure. Our theoretical outlook is that of generative phonology. Most of the book deals with Tashlhiyt Berber. This language has a syllable structure with properties which are highly unusual, as seen from the vantage point of better-studied languages on which most theorizing about syllabification is based. On the one hand, complex consonant sequences are a common occurrence in the surface representations. On the other hand, syllable structure is very simple: only one distinctive feature bundle (phoneme) may occur in the onset, the nucleus or the coda. The way these two conflicting demands are reconciled is by allowing vowelless sylla bies . Any consonant may act as a syllable nucleus. When astring is syllabified, nuclear status is preferentially assigned to the segments with a higher degree of sonority than their neighbours. Consider for instance the expression below, which is a complete sentence meaning 'remove it (m) and eat it (m)': /kks=t t-ss-t=t/ [k. st. s . t:"] . k. k~t. t. s. . slt. The sentence must be pronounced voiceless throughout, as indicated by the IPA transcription between square brackets ; the syllabic parse given after the IPA transcription indicates that the sentence comprises four syllables (syllable nuclei are underlined). The differences between the dialects of Berber have to do primarily with the phonology and the lexicon.
Multilingualism, Cultural Identity, and Education in Morocco
Author: Moha Ennaji
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 9780387239798
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 274
Book Description
In this book, I attempt to show how colonial and postcolonial political forces have endeavoured to reconstruct the national identity of Morocco, on the basis of cultural representations and ideological constructions closely related to nationalist and ethnolinguistic trends. I discuss how the issue of language is at the centre of the current cultural and political debates in Morocco. The present book is an investigation of the ramifications of multilingualism for language choice patterns and attitudes among Moroccans. More importantly, the book assesses the roles played by linguistic and cultural factors in the development and evolution of Moroccan society. It also focuses on the impact of multilingualism on cultural authenticity and national identity. Having been involved in research on language and culture for many years, I am particularly interested in linguistic and cultural assimilation or alienation, and under what conditions it takes place, especially today that more and more Moroccans speak French and are influenced by Western social behaviour more than ever before. In the process, I provide the reader with an updated description of the different facets of language use, language maintenance and shift, and language attitudes, focusing on the linguistic situation whose analysis is often blurred by emotional reactions, ideological discourses, political biases, simplistic assessments, and ethnolinguistic identities.
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 9780387239798
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 274
Book Description
In this book, I attempt to show how colonial and postcolonial political forces have endeavoured to reconstruct the national identity of Morocco, on the basis of cultural representations and ideological constructions closely related to nationalist and ethnolinguistic trends. I discuss how the issue of language is at the centre of the current cultural and political debates in Morocco. The present book is an investigation of the ramifications of multilingualism for language choice patterns and attitudes among Moroccans. More importantly, the book assesses the roles played by linguistic and cultural factors in the development and evolution of Moroccan society. It also focuses on the impact of multilingualism on cultural authenticity and national identity. Having been involved in research on language and culture for many years, I am particularly interested in linguistic and cultural assimilation or alienation, and under what conditions it takes place, especially today that more and more Moroccans speak French and are influenced by Western social behaviour more than ever before. In the process, I provide the reader with an updated description of the different facets of language use, language maintenance and shift, and language attitudes, focusing on the linguistic situation whose analysis is often blurred by emotional reactions, ideological discourses, political biases, simplistic assessments, and ethnolinguistic identities.