African Arabic
Subtitle: approaches to dialectology
By: by Mena Lafkioui
Series: Trends in linguistics studies and monographs -- 258
Publisher: de Gruyter Mouton, is a Division of Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co, KG
Published: 2013
Place of publication: Berlin
Language: eng
Number of pages: 301
ISBN-13: 9783110292329; 9783110292343
Subjects: Arabic language; Dialects; Dialectology; Languages in contact
Description: The volume presents the state of the art in research on African varieties of Arabic. Leading scholars from around the world address topics dealing with language contact, the development of Arabic-based pidgins and creoles, synchronic language variation and diachronic language reconstruction.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.