Jewish Life in Arabic Language and Jerusalem Arabic in Communal Perspective : A Lexico-Semantic Study

Moshe Piamenta

ISBN 10: 9004117628 / ISBN 13: 9789004117624

Published by Brill Aug 2000, 2000

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Neuware - This volume deals with Judaeo-Jerusalem Arabic affected by Jewish socio-religious life, its interrelatedness with non-Jewish Jerusalem Arabic, and its erosion by youths through replacement by Hebrew.The socio-religious life of the Jewish community is first introduced, followed by descriptions of socio-linguistic processes of both dialect varieties, of integrating and discharging foreign borrowings, of lexico-semantic concord and contrast between both dialect varieties, of varieties relating to relative status of interlocutors, and of deteriorating Judaeo-Jerusalem Arabic replaced by modern Hebrew.A dictionary-like Arabic and Hebrew index ends the book.The diachronic and synchronic analyses and description of intricate and interrelated lexico-semantic communal dialectal varieties of Arabic and Hebrew in present-day Jerusalem is a most challenging linguistic achievement hopefully won here.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Jewish Life in Arabic Language and Jerusalem Arabic in Communal Perspective : A Lexico-Semantic Study
• Publisher: Brill Aug 2000
• Publication Date: 2000
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 9004117628
• ISBN 13: 9789004117624
• Binding: Buch
• Condition: Neu
• Dimensions: 246W x 163H x 24D millimeters 246 millimeters width by 163 millimeters height by 24 millimeters depth
• Weight: 649 grams

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Synopsis

This volume deals with Judaeo-Jerusalem Arabic affected by Jewish socio-religious life, its interrelatedness with non-Jewish Jerusalem Arabic, and its erosion by youths through replacement by Hebrew.
The socio-religious life of the Jewish community is first introduced, followed by descriptions of socio-linguistic processes of both dialect varieties, of integrating and discharging foreign borrowings, of lexico-semantic concord and contrast between both dialect varieties, of varieties relating to relative status of interlocutors, and of deteriorating Judaeo-Jerusalem Arabic replaced by modern Hebrew.
A dictionary-like Arabic and Hebrew index ends the book.
The diachronic and synchronic analyses and description of intricate and interrelated lexico-semantic communal dialectal varieties of Arabic and Hebrew in present-day Jerusalem is a most challenging linguistic achievement hopefully won here.

About the Author

Moshe Piamenta, M.A., Ph.D. (1958) in Arabic, University of Jerusalem is Emeritus Professor of Arabic Language and Literature. He is the author of Studies in Palestinian Arabic Syntax and Islam in Everyday Arabic Speech.