study of European, Persian and Arabic loans in standard Sorani
By: Jafar Hasanpoor.
Series: Reports on Asian and African studies,; 1
Publisher: Uppsala University
Published: 1999
Place of publication: Uppsala
Language: eng
Number of pages: 176
Subjects: Kurdish language -- Foreign words and phrases -- Arabic.; Kurdish language -- Foreign words and phrases -- Persian.; Languages in contact.; Kurdish language -- Dialects.; Kurdish language -- Standardization.; Arabic language -- Influence on Kurdish.; Persian language -- Influence on Kurdish.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 163-176).
Originally presented as the author's thesis (doctoral--Uppsala University).
Table of contents: value: Machine generated contents note: Chapter 1; value: Methods and Aims 17; value: 1.1. The theoretical framework of the study 17; value: 1.1.1. Theories of borrowing 17; value: 1.1.2. Theories of standard languages and lexical modemisation 19; value: 1.1.3. Language purism and purified Sorani 21; value: 1.1.4. Theoretical issues in the study of the Kurdish nation and language 22; value: 1.2. Previous research on loans in Sorani 23; value: 1.3. Subject and scope of the study 25; value: 1.4. Purpose and signficance of the study and research questions 25; value: 1.5. Type of study 26; value: 1.6. The data 28; value: Chapter 2; value: An Overview of Arabic and Persian Loans in Sorani 29; value: 2.1. Arabic loans in Sorani 29; value: 2.2. Persian loans in Sorani 31; value: 2.2.1. Farhangestan and the development of standard Persian 32; value: Chapter 3; value: The Kurds, Kurdish Nationalism and the Kurdish Standard Dialects 34; value: 3.1 Ideas about the Kurdish nation and standard Kirmanci 34; value: 3.1.1. Conceptualizing the 'Kurds' 34; value: 3.1.2. Language nationalism and the Kurdish language 35; value: 3.1.3. Opposition of the central governments to a national standard Kurdish 39; value: 3.1.4. Marxists and the Kurdish language 40; value: 3.1.5. Ideas of nationalists about the national Kurdish language in the Kirmanci; value: speaking areas 42; value: 3.1.6. Emergence of national Kirmanci literature 45; value: 3.1.7. Summary and conclusions 46; value: 3.2. Ideas of nationalists about standard Sorani in Iraq and Iran 47; value: 3.2.1. Iraqi Kurds and the ideas of nationalists about standard Sorani 47; value: 3.2.2. Kurds of Iran and standardisation of the Mukri dialect 50; value: 3.2.3. The Kurdish diaspora 62; value: 3.2.4. Concluding remarks 63; value: Chapter 4; value: Pre-standard and Standard Sorani 66; value: 4.1. Arabic, Persian and Turkish influences on Kurdish 66; value: 4.1.1. A short historical background 66; value: 4.1.2. Arabic and Persian influences on pre-standard Kurdish 67; value: 4.2. Ideas about purified standard Sorani 70; value: 4.2.1. Purification and the development of Sorani in Iraqi Kurdistan 71; value: 4.3. Codifiers of standard Sorani 72; value: 4.3.1. Piremerd (1863 or 1867-1950) 74; value: 4.3.2. Hemin (1921-1986) 75; value: 4.3.3. Hejar (1920-1991) 76; value: 4.4. Ideas of nationalists about writing standard Sorani texts 77; value: 4.5. Concluding remarks 79; value: Chapter 5; value: Sources, Wordlists and Analysis of European, Persian and Arabic; value: Loanwords in Sorani 81; value: 5.1. Preparation of a Sorani text 81; value: 5.2. Sources of the study 82; value: 5.2.1. Writings of codifiers of Sorani 82; value: 5.2.2. Kurdish dictionaries 83; value: 5.2.3. Kurdish magazines 87; value: 5.3. Wordlists of loanwords 91; value: 5.3.1. Wordlist of European, Persian, Arabic, and dialect loanwords 91; value: 5.3.2. Exotica 144; value: 5.4. Modemisation and loanwords 145; value: 5.5. Classification of loans in Sorani according to Haugen's division of loans 149; value: 5.5.1. Loanwords in Sorani 149; value: 5.5.2. Loanblends in Sorani 153; value: 5.5.3. Loanshifts in Sorani 153; value: 5.6. Creations in Sorani 154; value: 5.7. Kurdish purists and loans 154; value: 5.8. Establishment of loans, morphological adaptations of loans 155; value: 5.9. Standard spoken Sorani 156; value: Chapter 6; value: Conclusions 157; value: Bibliography 163.