Universität Wien

141199 VU Arabic Dialects in Southwest Asia (2021W)

4.00 ECTS (2.00 SWS), SPL 14 - Orientalistik, Afrikanistik, Indologie und Tibetologie
Continuous assessment of course work
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Details

max. 14 participants
Language: German

Lecturers

Classes (iCal) - next class is marked with N

UPDATE 20.11.2021: Die Termine am 23. und 30. November, sowie am 7.12. finden online statt.
UPDATE 08.01.2022: Ebenso die Termine im Jänner 2022.

  • Tuesday 12.10. 11:30 - 13:00 Seminarraum Arabica UniCampus Hof 4 2D-O1-27
  • Tuesday 19.10. 11:30 - 13:00 Seminarraum Arabica UniCampus Hof 4 2D-O1-27
  • Tuesday 09.11. 11:30 - 13:00 Seminarraum Arabica UniCampus Hof 4 2D-O1-27
  • Tuesday 16.11. 11:30 - 13:00 Seminarraum Arabica UniCampus Hof 4 2D-O1-27
  • Tuesday 23.11. 11:30 - 13:00 Seminarraum Arabica UniCampus Hof 4 2D-O1-27
  • Tuesday 30.11. 11:30 - 13:00 Seminarraum Arabica UniCampus Hof 4 2D-O1-27
  • Tuesday 07.12. 11:30 - 13:00 Seminarraum Arabica UniCampus Hof 4 2D-O1-27
  • Tuesday 14.12. 11:30 - 13:00 Seminarraum Arabica UniCampus Hof 4 2D-O1-27
  • Tuesday 11.01. 11:30 - 13:00 Seminarraum Arabica UniCampus Hof 4 2D-O1-27
  • Tuesday 18.01. 11:30 - 13:00 Seminarraum Arabica UniCampus Hof 4 2D-O1-27
  • Tuesday 25.01. 11:30 - 13:00 Seminarraum Arabica UniCampus Hof 4 2D-O1-27

Information

Aims, contents and method of the course

Grouping and typical phenomena of the dialects spoken in Arabia, Mesopotamia, and the Levant.
Case studies from every region
Analysis of texts and recordings

Assessment and permitted materials

Active participation
Transcription, translation, and linguistic analysis of a recording (length 2-3 min).
Dialect profiles.
Deadline 31 March 2021.

Minimum requirements and assessment criteria

Active participation
3 absences tolerated
Test 50% - Essay 50% (both have to be passed)

Examination topics

Subjects of the classes and selected publications from the field of Arabic dialectology.

Reading list

1. Brustad, Kristen. 2007. “Drink your milks!: -āt as individuation marker in Levantine Arabic.” In Classical Arabic Humanities in Their Own Terms: Festschrift for Wolfhart Heinrichs on his 65th Birthday. Presented by his Students and Colleagues. Leiden: Brill, 1-19.
2. Río Sánchez, Francisco del. 2013. “Influences of Aramaic on dialectal Arabic.” In Archaism and Innovation in the Semitic Languages: Selected Papers. Ed. by J. P. Monferrer-Sala and W. G. E. Watson, 129-136. Córdoba: Oriens Academic.
3. Holes, Clive. 2004. “Tanwīn in the Arabic dialects of Eastern and South Eastern Arabia.” e.d.n.a. 8, 89-97.
4. Holes, Clive. 2007. “Colloquial Iraqi Arabic.” In Languages of Iraq, ancient and modern. Ed. J. N. Postgate. [Iraq]: British School of Archaeology in Iraq, 123-134.
6. Jastrow, Otto. 1997. „Wie arabisch ist Uzbekistan-Arabisch?“, in: E. Wardini (ed.): Built on Solid Rock. Studies in Honour of Professor Ebbe Egede Knudsen. Oslo: Novus, 141-153.

Further titles will be announced in the class.

Association in the course directory

AS-1, WM 21

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