Author: A. HassamPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 114
Book Description
Arabic self-taught, or, The dragoman for travellers in Egypt
Author: A. HassamArabic Dialogues
Author: Rachel MairsPublisher: UCL Press
ISBN: 1800086180
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 573
Book Description
During the nineteenth century and into the early twentieth century, more Europeans visited the Middle East than ever before, as tourists, archaeologists, pilgrims, settler-colonists and soldiers. These visitors engaged with the Arabic language to differing degrees. While some were serious scholars of Classical Arabic, in the Orientalist mould, many did not learn the language at all. Between these two extremes lies a neglected group of language learners who wanted to learn enough everyday colloquial Arabic to get by. The needs of these learners were met by popular language books, which boasted that they could provide an easy route to fluency in a difficult language. Arabic Dialogues explores the motivations of Arabic learners and effectiveness of instructional materials, principally in Egypt and Palestine, by analysing a corpus of Arabic phrasebooks published in nine languages (English, French, German, Spanish, Portuguese, Italian, Yiddish, Hebrew, Russian) and in the territory of twenty-five modern countries. Beginning with Napoleon’s Expédition d’Égypte (1798–1801), it moves through the periods of mass tourism and European colonialism in the Middle East, concluding with the Second World War. The book also considers how Arab intellectuals understood the project of teaching Arabic to foreigners, the remarkable history of Arabic-learning among Yiddish- and Hebrew-speaking immigrants in Palestine, and the networks of language learners, teachers and plagiarists who produced these phrasebooks.
Turkish self-taught, or, The dragoman for travellers in the East
Author: Abû Sa'îdArchaeologists, Tourists, Interpreters
Author: Rachel MairsPublisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN: 1472588827
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 160
Book Description
In the late 19th and early 20th centuries, growing numbers of tourists and scholars from Europe and America, fascinated by new discoveries, visited the Near East and Egypt – attracted by the riches and mysteries of the Land of the Bible. Almost all such visitors, no matter how esoteric or academic their pursuits, had to deal with the local authorities and the native workforce for their archaeological excavations. The vast majority of these visitors had to rely on interpreters, dragomans, translators and local guides. This study, based on published and unpublished travel memoirs, guidebooks, personal papers and archaeological reports of the British and American archaeologists, deals with the socio-political status and multi-faceted role of interpreters at the time. Those bi- or multi-lingual individuals frequently took on (or were forced to take on) much more than just interpreting. They often played the role of go-betweens, servants, bodyguards, pimps, diplomats, spies, messengers, managers and overseers, and had to mediate, scheme and often improvise, whether in an official or unofficial capacity. For the most part denied due credit and recognition, these interpreters are finally here given a new voice. An engrossing story emerges of how through their many and varied actions and roles, they had a crucial part to play in the introduction to Britain and America of these mysterious past cultures and civilizations.
Turkish Self-taught; Or, The Dragoman for Travellers in the East
Author: Abu SaʼīdPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Turkish language
Languages : en
Pages : 164
Book Description
“The” Literature of Egypt and the Soudan from the Earliest Times to the Year 1885 [i.e. 1887] Inclusive
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Author: Prince Ibrahim-Hilmy (son of Ismail, Khedive of Egypt)Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Egypt
Languages : en
Pages : 880
Book Description
Turkish self-taught
Author: Carl Albert ThimmPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Grammar, Comparative and general
Languages : en
Pages : 172
Book Description
Bibliotheca orientalis
Author: Karl FriedericiPublisher and Bookseller
Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Bibliography
Languages : en
Pages : 1322
Book Description
Vols. for 1871-76, 1913-14 include an extra number, The Christmas bookseller, separately paged and not included in the consecutive numbering of the regular series.
Author: Carl Albert Thimm