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1 online resource (xxix, 360 pages) : illustrations |
| Series |
Études sur le judaïsme médiéval, 1568-5004 ; t. 38 |
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Études sur le judaïsme médiéval ; t. 38
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| Contents |
Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Table of Contents -- List of Figures and Tables -- Preface -- Technical Notes -- Introduction -- Part I -- Judeo-Arabic: The Language of Arabic-Speaking Jews -- Chapter One 8211; The Jewish Linguistic Spectrum -- The Sociolinguistics of Jewish Varieties -- Issues of Terminology -- The Emergence and Development of Jewish Varieties -- Crossing Religious Boundaries -- The Characteristics of Jewish Varieties -- A List of Jewish Varieties -- Chapter Two 8211; Judeo-Arabic within the Jewish Linguistic Spectrum -- An Overview of Judeo-Arabic -- The History of Judeo-Arabic -- The Structure of Judeo-Arabic -- The Judeo-Arabic Continuum -- The Diachronic Development of Judeo-Arabic Continuglossia -- The Current State of Judeo-Arabic -- Chapter Three 8211; The Translation of Sacred Texts into Judeo-Arabic (the 353;arh) -- Translation and Issues of Sacredness -- The Translator's Dilemma -- The Development of the 353;arh -- The Cairo Collection -- Previous Studies on the 353;arh -- The Framework for the Linguistic Analysis of the 353;arh -- Head-to-Toe Scanning -- The Translation Continuum -- The Work of the 353;arhan -- Chapter Four 8211; Spoken Egyptian Judeo-Arabic: The Evidence from the 353;arh Texts -- Spoken Egyptian Judeo-Arabic 8212; An Introduction -- Methodology -- 1. Phonetics and Phonology -- 2. Morphology -- 3. Syntax -- 4. Lexicon -- 5. Summary of Colloquial Features of Spoken Egyptian Judeo-Arabic -- Chapter Five 8211; Additional Linguistic Issues of the 353;arh Tradition -- Issue One: Pseudocorrections -- Issue Two: The Theoretical Background of the Use of Hebrew and Aramaic Components in Judeo-Arabic -- Issue Three: The Hebrew and Aramaic Lexicon in the 353;ur363;h -- Summary -- Part II -- A Linguistic Model of the Judeo-Arabic Translations of the Sared Texts -- Chapter Six 8211; Applying the Model -- Introductory Notes -- Methodological Notes -- Dynamic Literal/Interpretive Linguistic Tension: Complex Cases -- Calque Translations -- The Organization of the Examples -- Chapter Seven 8211; The Phrase and the Word Levels -- Word-for-Word Translation -- Word Order: Syntactic Adaptation -- Word Order: Adverbs -- Word Order: Numerals -- Lexicon: Semantic Considerations -- Lexicon: Sound/Appearance Considerations -- Chapter Eight 8211; The Morphosyntactic Level -- Negation: Nominal -- Negation: Verbal -- Prepositions -- Coordinating Particles and Conjunctions -- Conditional Particles -- Independent Personal Pronouns -- Pronominal Suffixes -- Relative Pronouns -- Demonstrative Pronouns -- Interrogative Pronouns and Particles -- Verb Conjugation: Infinitives -- Verb Conjugation: Finite Verbs -- Cases: Accusative -- Cases: Directional -- Definiteness -- Agreement: Number -- Agreement: Gender -- Tense and Aspect -- Mood -- Voice: Passive -- Numerals with Counted Nouns -- Chapter Nine 8211; The Segment Level -- Assimilation -- Emphatization and Deemphatization -- Elision -- Orthographic Marking of the Glides -- Diacritic Marks -- Hebrew-Influenced Orthography -- Summary -- Bibliography -- Index |
| Summary |
Studies the translation of Jews sacred texts, known as the shar, into Judeo-Arabic in Egypt in the 18th and 19th centuries. This book places Judeo-Arabic on the Jewish linguistic spectrum, traces its history, and offers insights to the spoken variety of Egyptian Judeo-Arabic, which set it apart from other Arabic dialects |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 329-345) and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Judeo-Arabic language -- Dialects -- Egypt
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Judeo-Arabic literature -- Egypt -- History and criticism
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Jews -- Egypt -- Languages
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FOREIGN LANGUAGE STUDY -- Arabic.
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Jews -- Languages
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Judeo-Arabic language -- Dialects
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Judeo-Arabic literature
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Egypt
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| Genre/Form |
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9789047444374 |
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904744437X |
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9789004173828 |
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900417382X |
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1282603159 |
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9781282603158 |
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