scholarly journals The Palatalisation of /ʤ/ into /j/ in Emirati Arabic (EA): A Rule-Governed or Random Alternation?

2017 ◽  
Vol 9 (5) ◽  
pp. 173
Author(s):  
Hodan Mohamoud Hassan
Keyword(s):  
Language Contact ◽  
Arabic Dialects ◽  
Random Alternation

This study aims to investigate a phonological phenomenon that occurs in Emirati Arabic (EA), whereby the voiced palato-alveolar affricate /ʤ/ changes into the voiced palatal approximate (glide) /j/. In particular, this study attempts to determine whether this phonological alternation is triggered by a certain phonological environment, or whether it occurs randomly without any rule. It also endeavours to examine the hypothesis that this phonological phenomenon was borrowed from other Arabic dialects spoken in the Gulf through language contact.

The glottometrics of Arabic

2020 ◽  
pp. 1-29
Author(s):  
Robert R. Ratcliffe
Keyword(s):  
Comparative Analysis ◽  
Language Contact ◽  
Language Change ◽  
Empirical Basis ◽  
Relative Consistency ◽  
Migration History ◽  
Arabic Dialects ◽  
And Migration ◽  
Historical Developments

AbstractThis paper presents a methodology for quantifying diversity within a group of related languages and correlating the patterns found with known historical developments, as a way of testing a variety of hypotheses, regarding subclassification, reconstruction, the influence of language contact, the relative consistency of the speed of language change, etc. The methodology is applied to Arabic dialects, for which there is a wealth of synchronic variation as well as considerable historical documentation on both linguistic and migration history. The goal is to establish a more solid empirical basis for inferring diachronic conclusions based on comparative analysis of synchronic data.

Polyphonie à la périphérie : Double-voicing et doublethinking dans le milieu de contact de « Banlieue 13 »

2016 ◽  
Vol 67 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Frank Jablonka
Keyword(s):  
Discourse Analysis ◽  
French Revolution ◽  
Language Contact ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Film Analysis ◽  
Central Function ◽  
Film Genre ◽  
Analytic Tool ◽  
Arabic Dialects ◽  
The French Revolution

AbstractFrench suburb movies are a relatively new film genre that tends to represent a challenge for sociolinguistic analysis, especially in the fields of language contact and variation. In many movies of this genre, the representation of contact between French and migratory languages, particularly Arabic dialects, and French variation (“verlan”) has a central function in vehiculating the filmic message. District 13 can be considered one of the exceptions to this rule. Language contact and variation are sensibly less important than in other “banlieue”movies. Themain issue of the present paper is hence a methodological one: the conceptualization of film analysis from a linguistic point of view necessitates an approach in discourse analysis. The sociodiscursive approach of the Bakhtin School is a particularly promising analytic tool for this objective. The application of the sociodiscursive method to the District 13 movies reveals the films’ central message, i.e., the defense of the republican values rooted in the French Revolution.

[review of:] Vyacheslav Ivanov & Peter Arkadiev, eds. 2013. Studies in the Typology of Slavic, Baltic and Balkan Languages

2013 ◽  
Vol 4 ◽  
pp. 221-239
Author(s):  
Ilja Seržant
Keyword(s):  
Language Contact ◽  
General Meeting ◽  
Scientific Work ◽  
Primary Reference ◽  
Theory Of Language ◽  
Vyacheslav Ivanov

Вячᴇᴄлᴀʙ Вᴄ. Иʙᴀнов (отв. ред.), Пᴇᴛᴘ М. Аᴘкᴀдьᴇв (сост.), Исследования по типологии славянских, балтийских и балканских языков (преимущественно в свете языковых контактов). Санкт-Петербург: Алетейя, 2013. / Vʏᴀᴄʜᴇsʟᴀv Ivᴀɴov & Pᴇᴛᴇʀ Aʀᴋᴀᴅɪᴇv, eds., Studies in the Typology of Slavic, Baltic and Balkan Languages (with primary reference to language contact). St Petersburg: Aletheia, 2013. ɪsʙɴ 978-5-91419-778-7. The main focus of the book is on various language contact situations as well as areal interpretations of particular phenomena against a wider typological background. The idea is to provide a broader overview of each phenomenon discussed, bringing in comparisons with the neighbouring languages. Two major linguistic areas are in the focus of the book: the Balkan and Eastern Circum-Baltic areas. The book is an important contribution to these fields as well as to areal typology and the theory of language contact in general, meeting all standards for a solid scientific work.

Modern Greek V V dvandva compounds: A linguistic innovation in the history of the Indo-European languages

2009 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 48-68 ◽  
Author(s):  
Angela Ralli
Keyword(s):  
Language Contact ◽  
High Rate ◽  
Compound Formation ◽  
Modern Greek ◽  
Late Medieval Period ◽  
European Languages ◽  
History Of ◽  
Internal Change ◽  
Contact Situation ◽  
Asian Languages

This paper deals with [V V] dvandva compounds, which are frequently used in East and Southeast Asian languages but also in Greek and its dialects: Greek is in this respect uncommon among Indo-European languages. It examines the appearance of this type of compounding in Greek by tracing its development in the late Medieval period, and detects a high rate of productivity in most Modern Greek dialects. It argues that the emergence of the [V V] dvandva pattern is not due to areal pressure or to a language-contact situation, but it is induced by a language internal change. It associates this change with the rise of productivity of compounding in general, and the expansion of verbal compounds in particular. It also suggests that the change contributes to making the compound-formation patterns of the language more uniform and systematic. Claims and proposals are illustrated with data from Standard Modern Greek and its dialects. It is shown that dialectal evidence is crucial for the study of the rise and productivity of [V V] dvandva compounds, since changes are not usually portrayed in the standard language.

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