The illusory Yemenite connection of Andalusi Arabic

Putten, Marijn van

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“…There are certainly features shared by all modern dialects that contrast with earlier layers of Arabic-the development of vowels in hollow verbs, for example, suffuses all modern Arabic dialects, even though there was a clear historical memory of the earlier situation, where the glides in hollow verbs were retained, also attested in the pre-Islamic Safaitic inscriptions ( van Putten 2017a). Similarly, virtually all modern dialects now have *-aya >/a:/for the alif maqs ūra, though the/e:/reflex is still attested in Classical and Quranic Arabic ( van Putten 2017a). However, the fact that these features date to around the time of the Islamic conquests does not tell us that these features directly hail from that era, since any later migrations almost certainly would also have brought these features to those areas.…”

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“…Elsewhere we see for example Yemeni origins posited as the ultimate ancestors of the Ma'qil tribes that are seen as ancestors of the Hassaniya dialect (Taine- Cheikh 2006, p. 301), a narrative repeated by Watson (Watson 2018, n. 9). Outside of this volume, one can witness the attempt to link Yemeni to Andalusi Arabic (Corriente 2014), though that argument has been criticized ( van Putten 2017b).…”

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Arabic historical dialectology has long been based on a historical methodology, one which seeks to link historical population movements with modern linguistic behavior. This article argues that a nexus of interrelated issues, centered around a general theme of “oldness,” has impaired this work, and proposes basic principles to avoid the misinterpretation of linguistic data. This article argues that there is a strong tendency to essentialize the idea of linguistic conservatism and attribute it to the groups that have archaic features. Against this view, it proposes that linguistic conservatism should be seen as a failure to participate in otherwise widespread innovations. It critiques the assumption that the modern dialect distribution is directly derived from the earliest settlements established during the Islamic conquests in the seventh century, arguing instead that long-term linguistic durability is unlikely. The article further challenges the assumption that highly conservative dialects such as those of Yemen are ancestral to modern dialects in a meaningful way, arguing instead that either more proximate ancestors or wave-like diffusion had a greater impact on the development of modern dialects. Finally, the paper suggests that a heuristic approach based on typical processes of language diffusion and human migration offers a more productive approach to understanding the history of Arabic dialects than a model based on historical events; many of the existing linguistic classifications may be directly derived from this heuristic.

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Arabic linguistics encompasses a range of language forms and functions from formal to informal, classical to contemporary, written to spoken, all of which have vastly different research traditions. Recently however, the increasing prominence of new methodologies such as corpus linguistics and sociolinguistics have allowed Arabic linguistics to be studied from multiple perspectives, revealing key discoveries about the nature of Arabic-in-use and deeper knowledge of traditional fields of study. With contributions from internationally renowned experts on the language, this handbook provides a state-of-the-art overview of both traditional and modern topics in Arabic linguistics. Chapters are divided into six thematic areas: applied Arabic linguistics, variation and sociolinguistics, theoretical studies, computational and corpus linguistics, new media studies and Arabic linguistics in literature and translation. It is an essential resource for students and researchers wishing to explore the exciting and rapidly moving field of Arabic linguistics.

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The illusory Yemenite connection of Andalusi Arabic

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