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141027 SE Selected topics II (2023S)

Bedouin dialects in North Arabia and Jordan

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Details

max. 18 participants
Language: English

Lecturers

Classes (iCal) - next class is marked with N

Wednesday 08.03. 15:00 - 16:30 Seminarraum Arabica UniCampus Hof 4 2D-O1-27
Wednesday 15.03. 15:00 - 16:30 Seminarraum Arabica UniCampus Hof 4 2D-O1-27
Wednesday 22.03. 15:00 - 16:30 Seminarraum Arabica UniCampus Hof 4 2D-O1-27
Wednesday 29.03. 15:00 - 16:30 Seminarraum Arabica UniCampus Hof 4 2D-O1-27
Wednesday 19.04. 15:00 - 16:30 Seminarraum Arabica UniCampus Hof 4 2D-O1-27
Wednesday 26.04. 15:00 - 16:30 Seminarraum Arabica UniCampus Hof 4 2D-O1-27
Wednesday 03.05. 15:00 - 16:30 Seminarraum Arabica UniCampus Hof 4 2D-O1-27
Wednesday 10.05. 15:00 - 16:30 Seminarraum Arabica UniCampus Hof 4 2D-O1-27
Wednesday 17.05. 15:00 - 16:30 Seminarraum Arabica UniCampus Hof 4 2D-O1-27
Wednesday 24.05. 15:00 - 16:30 Seminarraum Arabica UniCampus Hof 4 2D-O1-27
Wednesday 31.05. 15:00 - 16:30 Seminarraum Arabica UniCampus Hof 4 2D-O1-27
Wednesday 07.06. 15:00 - 16:30 Seminarraum Arabica UniCampus Hof 4 2D-O1-27
Wednesday 14.06. 15:00 - 16:30 Seminarraum Arabica UniCampus Hof 4 2D-O1-27
Wednesday 21.06. 15:00 - 16:30 Seminarraum Arabica UniCampus Hof 4 2D-O1-27
Wednesday 28.06. 15:00 - 16:30 Seminarraum Arabica UniCampus Hof 4 2D-O1-27

Information

Aims, contents and method of the course

This seminar aims at giving a general introduction to Bedouin dialects (with a particular focus on North Arabia and Jordan) and providing, through the analysis of some texts, basic grammatical notions on the specificities of these dialects.
We will first address the intricate question of the classification of Bedouin dialects through the review of classical and modern approaches. Afterwards we will analyze more in deep some key phonological, morphological and syntactic traits of Bedouin varieties spoken in North Arabia and Jordan and eventually, we will focus on two case studies from Jordan.
The transcription, translation, and grammatical analysis of two samples of Bedouin speech will enable the familiarization and a further understanding of this variety of Arabic.

Assessment and permitted materials

Active participation
Mid-term test
Seminar paper: recording of 5 minutes of a variety of Middle-Eastern Arabic + transcription and analysis

Minimum requirements and assessment criteria

Max number of absences: 3 classes
Participation: 25% (questions on readings given for homework + small discussion at the beginning of each class)
Mid-term test: 25% (small transcription + questions about grammar)
Seminar paper: 50%

Examination topics

No exam

Reading list

Benkato, A., “From Medieval Tribes to Modern Dialects: on the Afterlives of Colonial Knowledge in Arabic Dialectology”, in Philological Encounters, (2019), 4: 2-25
Cleveland, R., ‘A Classification of the Arabic Dialects of Jordan’, Bulletin of the American Schools of Oriental Research, 171 (1963), 56–63
Herin, B., ‘Traditional Dialects’, in The Routledge Handbook of Arabic Sociolinguistics, ed. by Enam Al-Wer and Uri Horesh, Routledge Language Handbooks (New York: Routledge, 2019), pp. 93–105
Magidow, A. The Old and the New: Considerations in Arabic Historical Dialectology. Languages 2021, 6, 163. https://doi.org/10.3390/languages6040163
Palva, H., ‘A General Classification for the Arabic Dialects Spoken in Palestine and Transjordan’, Studia Orientalia, 55 (1984), 357–76
———, ‘Patterns of Koineization in Modern Colloquial Arabic’, Acta Orientalia (Copenhagen), 43 (1982), 13–32
Procházka, S., “The Preservation of the Feminine -T in Some Bedouin-Type Dialects of Arabia and Beyond.” Journal of Semitic Studies 66.1 (2021): 131–144. Web.
Rosenhouse, J. (1984), The Bedouin Arabic dialects: General problems and a close analysis of North Israel Bedouin dialects, Wiesbaden, Harrassowitz
Torzullo A. The Emergence of a Mixed Type Dialect: The Example of the Dialect of the Bani ˁAbbād Tribe (Jordan). Languages. 2022; 7(1):9. https://doi.org/10.3390/languages7010009

Association in the course directory

MA NEU: AS-4, WM-24
MA ALT: AS-2

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