A grammar of the Bedouin dialects of central and southern Sinai / by Rudolf E. de Jong. Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2011
Inhalt
Contents
List of Illustrations
Abbreviations and Symbols
Preface
Introduction
I. General
a. Central and Southern Sinai in Recent History
b. Cultural Background
c. Present-day Distribution of Bedouin Tribes in Central and Southern Sinai and Surrounding Regions
d. Remarks on the Arrival of Bedouin Tribes in Central and Southern Sinai and some Remarks on their History
e. Professional Activities of Bedouin in Central Southern Sinai Today
f. Research Questions and Purpose of this Study
II. Fieldwork Methodology
a. Infrastructural Arrangements
b. Selecting Targets for Field Research
c. Selecting Informants
d. Gathering Linguistic Material
e. Difficulties during Field Research
III. Presentation of the Data
Chapter One: A Description of the Dialects of the Ǧbāliyyah, Awlād Sa'īd, Ṣawālḥah, Garāršah and Ḥamāḍah with Remarks on the Dialects of the Hanādwah and 'Lēgāt
Introduction
1. Phonology
2. Stress and Phonotactics
3. Morphology
4. Remarks on Phraseology
4.1. Nunation
4.2. Negation
4.3. The b-imperfect
4.4. Future Marker
4.5. fīh “there is / are”
4.6. Some Conjunctions
4.7. Auxiliaries and Verbal Particles
4.8. Presentative Particles
4.9. ġayr
4.10. Intensifying Particle la
4.11. bidd or widd + pron. suffix
4.12. 'ād
4.13. yabga
4.14. Characteristics of the Narrative Style
4.15. Pluralis paucitatis
4.16. Concord
5. A Sketchy Remark on Pitch
Chapter Two: A Description of the Dialects of the Mzēnah and Baniy Wāṣil
Introduction
1. Phonology
2. Stress and Phonotactics
3. Morphology
4. Remarks on Phraseology
4.1. Nunation
4.2. Negation
4.3. The b-imperfect
4.4. Future Marker
4.5. fīh “there is / are”
4.6. Some Conjunctions
4.7. Auxiliaries and Verbal Particles
4.8. Presentative Particles
4.9. ġayr
4.10. Intensifying Particle la
4.11. bidd or widd + pron. suffix
4.12. 'ād
4.13. yabga
4.14. Characteristics of the Narrative Style
4.15. Pluralis paucitatis
4.16. Concord
5. A Sketchy Remark on Pitch
Chapter Three: A Description of the Dialects of the Taṛābīn, Ḥwēṭāt, Ǧarāǧrah, Tayāha, Badāṛah, Dbūr and Malālḥah
Introduction
1. Phonology
2. Stress and Phonotactics
3. Morphology
4. Remarks on Phraseology
4.1. Nunation
4.2. Negation
4.3. The b-imperfect
4.4. Future Marker
4.5. fīh “there is / are”
4.6. Some Conjunctions
4.7. Auxiliaries and Verbal Particles
4.8. Presentative Particles
4.9. ġayr
4.10. Intensifying Particle la
4.11. bidd or widd + pron. suffix
4.12. ʿād
4.13. yabga
4.14. Characteristics of the Narrative Style
4.15. Pluralis paucitatis
4.16. Concord
5. A Sketchy Remark on Pitch
Conclusions
I. Comparing Dialects
II. Remarks to the Maps in the Appendix
a. Criteria for Comparison from De Jong 2000 Producing Differences/Similarities in Central and Southern Sinai
b. Added Criteria for Comparison of Dialects in Central and Southern Sinai
III. Isoglosses
a. The Identified Isoglosses in Central and Southern Sinai
b. The Step Method to Calculate Relative Typological Distances between Dialects
c. A Continuum: From Group VII Through Group VIII Towards Group I
d. Multi-Dimensional Scaling
e. ‘Bedouinness’ vs ‘Sedentariness’
f. The Locations of Isogloss Bundles in Central and Southern Sinai
g. A ‘Virtual’ Isogloss Bundle, Number –39–: BWA and MzA
IV. Methods of Illustrating Dialect Differences
a. Some Remarks on Methods of Illustrating Typological Similarities/Differences of Dialects
b. Multi-Dimensional Scaling in a Two-Dimensional Map
c. Other Results of the MDS Plot
d. Grouping Dialects Using a Dendrogram
e. What Informants Say
V. A Comparison of the Dialect of the Ḥwēṭāt of Southern Jordan and the Ḥwēṭāt of Sinai
VI. Final Conclusions
Bibliography
Index
Appendix