Author: Boris Liebrenz
Publisher: BRILL
ISBN: 9004505245
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 711
Book Description
Arab Traders in their Own Words explores for the first time the largest corpus of merchant correspondence to have survived from the Ottoman period. The mostly Christian traders of the Syrian and Egyptian provinces lived through one of the most turbulent intersections of Ottoman and European imperial history
Arab Traders in Their Own Words
Author: Boris Liebrenz
Publisher: BRILL
ISBN: 9004505245
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 711
Book Description
Arab Traders in their Own Words explores for the first time the largest corpus of merchant correspondence to have survived from the Ottoman period. The mostly Christian traders of the Syrian and Egyptian provinces lived through one of the most turbulent intersections of Ottoman and European imperial history
Publisher: BRILL
ISBN: 9004505245
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 711
Book Description
Arab Traders in their Own Words explores for the first time the largest corpus of merchant correspondence to have survived from the Ottoman period. The mostly Christian traders of the Syrian and Egyptian provinces lived through one of the most turbulent intersections of Ottoman and European imperial history
Arabic Language
Author: Kees Versteegh
Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
ISBN: 0748694609
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 469
Book Description
An introductory guide for students of Arabic language, Arabic historical linguistics and Arabic sociolinguistics.
Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
ISBN: 0748694609
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 469
Book Description
An introductory guide for students of Arabic language, Arabic historical linguistics and Arabic sociolinguistics.
Language Empires in Comparative Perspective
Author: Christel Stolz
Publisher: Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
ISBN: 3110408473
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 320
Book Description
The notion of empire is associated with economic and political mechanisms of dominance. For the last decades, however, there has been a lively debate concerning the question whether this concept can be transferred to the field of linguistics, specifically to research on situations of language spread on the one hand and concomitant marginalization of minority languages on the other. The authors who contributed to this volume concur as to the applicability of the notion of empire to language-related issues. They address the processes, potential merits and drawbacks of language spread as well as the marginalization of minority languages, language endangerment and revitalization, contact-induced language change, the emergence of mixed languages, and identity issues. An emphasis is on the dominance of non-Western languages such as Arabic, Chinese, and, particularly, Russian. The studies demonstrate that the emergence, spread and decline of language empires is a promising area of research, particularly from a comparative perspective.
Publisher: Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
ISBN: 3110408473
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 320
Book Description
The notion of empire is associated with economic and political mechanisms of dominance. For the last decades, however, there has been a lively debate concerning the question whether this concept can be transferred to the field of linguistics, specifically to research on situations of language spread on the one hand and concomitant marginalization of minority languages on the other. The authors who contributed to this volume concur as to the applicability of the notion of empire to language-related issues. They address the processes, potential merits and drawbacks of language spread as well as the marginalization of minority languages, language endangerment and revitalization, contact-induced language change, the emergence of mixed languages, and identity issues. An emphasis is on the dominance of non-Western languages such as Arabic, Chinese, and, particularly, Russian. The studies demonstrate that the emergence, spread and decline of language empires is a promising area of research, particularly from a comparative perspective.
The Handbook of Language Contact
Author: Raymond Hickey
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
ISBN: 1118448693
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 901
Book Description
The Handbook of Language Contact offers systematic coverage of the major issues in this field – ranging from the value of contact explanations in linguistics, to the impact of immigration, to dialectology – combining new research from a team of globally renowned scholars, with case studies of numerous languages. An authoritative reference work exploring the major issues in the field of language contact: the study of how language changes when speakers of distinct speech varieties interact Brings together 40 specially-commissioned essays by an international team of scholars Examines language contact in societies which have significant immigration populations, and includes a fascinating cross-section of case studies drawing on languages across the world Accessibly structured into sections exploring the place of contact studies within linguistics as a whole; the value of contact studies for research into language change; and language contact in the context of work on language and society Explores a broad range of topics, making it an excellent resource for both faculty and students across a variety of fields within linguistics
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
ISBN: 1118448693
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 901
Book Description
The Handbook of Language Contact offers systematic coverage of the major issues in this field – ranging from the value of contact explanations in linguistics, to the impact of immigration, to dialectology – combining new research from a team of globally renowned scholars, with case studies of numerous languages. An authoritative reference work exploring the major issues in the field of language contact: the study of how language changes when speakers of distinct speech varieties interact Brings together 40 specially-commissioned essays by an international team of scholars Examines language contact in societies which have significant immigration populations, and includes a fascinating cross-section of case studies drawing on languages across the world Accessibly structured into sections exploring the place of contact studies within linguistics as a whole; the value of contact studies for research into language change; and language contact in the context of work on language and society Explores a broad range of topics, making it an excellent resource for both faculty and students across a variety of fields within linguistics
Linguistic Survey of India
Author: Sir George Abraham Grierson
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : India
Languages : en
Pages : 864
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : India
Languages : en
Pages : 864
Book Description
Seymour Vandeleur, the Story of a British Officer
Author: Sir Frederick Ivor Maxse
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 384
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 384
Book Description
The Legacy of Arab-Islam in Africa
Author: John Allembillah Azumah
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1780746857
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 254
Book Description
Thoughtful and challenging, this book argues for a reassessment of the role historically played by Islam in Africa, and offers new hope for in creased mutual understanding between African people of different faiths. Drawing on a wealth of sources, from the colonial period to the most up-to-date scholarship, the author challenges the widely held perception th at, while Christianity oppressed and subjugated the African people, Islam fitted comfortably into the indigenous landscape. Instead, this penetrating account reveals Muslim settlers to be as guilty of enforcing slavery and conversion as those of their more maligned sister tradition. Only with an acknowledgement of the true roles of both faiths in African history, suggests Azumah, can the people of both traditions move themselves and their continent towards a new future of tolerance and self-awareness.
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1780746857
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 254
Book Description
Thoughtful and challenging, this book argues for a reassessment of the role historically played by Islam in Africa, and offers new hope for in creased mutual understanding between African people of different faiths. Drawing on a wealth of sources, from the colonial period to the most up-to-date scholarship, the author challenges the widely held perception th at, while Christianity oppressed and subjugated the African people, Islam fitted comfortably into the indigenous landscape. Instead, this penetrating account reveals Muslim settlers to be as guilty of enforcing slavery and conversion as those of their more maligned sister tradition. Only with an acknowledgement of the true roles of both faiths in African history, suggests Azumah, can the people of both traditions move themselves and their continent towards a new future of tolerance and self-awareness.
Garenganze
Author: Frederick Stanley Arnot
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Africa
Languages : en
Pages : 300
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Africa
Languages : en
Pages : 300
Book Description
Seymour Vandeleur, Lieutentant-colonel, Scots Guards & Irish Guards
Author: Sir Frederick Ivor Maxse
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Africa
Languages : en
Pages : 382
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Africa
Languages : en
Pages : 382
Book Description
A Dictionary of Andalusi Arabic
Author: Federico Corriente
Publisher: BRILL
ISBN: 9004492682
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 645
Book Description
A detailed scientific description of the Andalusi Arabic dialect bundle did not exist until recent times, although the correct understanding of some of its texts bears heavily on many momentous conclusions drawn by contemporary scholars about the extent and depth of cultural interaction between the Arabs and the West. After many years of work on the grammar of this variety of Neo-Arabic, and having produced accurate editions of its materials, the author now undertakes the task of establishing its lexicon, both synchronically and diachronically, by listing words and idioms and trying to provide the etyma of most items. This volume will be useful to students of Arabic dialectology and also to those concerned with any kind of literature produced in Al-Andalus, as well as to Romance scholars who may find the solution to many an etymological riddle here.
Publisher: BRILL
ISBN: 9004492682
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 645
Book Description
A detailed scientific description of the Andalusi Arabic dialect bundle did not exist until recent times, although the correct understanding of some of its texts bears heavily on many momentous conclusions drawn by contemporary scholars about the extent and depth of cultural interaction between the Arabs and the West. After many years of work on the grammar of this variety of Neo-Arabic, and having produced accurate editions of its materials, the author now undertakes the task of establishing its lexicon, both synchronically and diachronically, by listing words and idioms and trying to provide the etyma of most items. This volume will be useful to students of Arabic dialectology and also to those concerned with any kind of literature produced in Al-Andalus, as well as to Romance scholars who may find the solution to many an etymological riddle here.