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Non-Native Borrowings into the Lebanese Syrian Dialect

gharā'ib al-lahja al-lubnāniyya al-sūriyya


In comparing the formal Arabic language with colloquial Lebanese Syrian Arabic, Raphael Nakhla Al-Yasou`y finds a large list of foreign words that have unknowingly worked their way into the local dialect.
Publisher: Gorgias Press LLC
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SKU (ISBN): 978-1-61719-463-4
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Publication Status: In Print
Publication Date: Nov 13,2013
Interior Color: Black
Trim Size: 7 x 10
Page Count: 213
Languages: French, Syriac, Arabic
ISBN: 978-1-61719-463-4
$81.00
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Finding that there are no known comparisons between formal Arabic and colloquial Lebanese Syrian Arabic, the author, Raphael Nakhla Al-Yasou`y sets himself to the task. Starting with a comparison between the aforementioned dialects, the author moves to an analysis of the colloquial dialect. What he finds is a number of words, phrases, and expressions that do not belong to Arabic, yet are unknowingly accepted as such, and used as part of the local dialect. In actuality, these inserts are from a variety of other languages that include Persian, French, Italian, Greek, and Hebrew. This detailed product provides a multitude of examples and a step-by-step outline of the researcher’s investigation of assimilated foreign words.

Finding that there are no known comparisons between formal Arabic and colloquial Lebanese Syrian Arabic, the author, Raphael Nakhla Al-Yasou`y sets himself to the task. Starting with a comparison between the aforementioned dialects, the author moves to an analysis of the colloquial dialect. What he finds is a number of words, phrases, and expressions that do not belong to Arabic, yet are unknowingly accepted as such, and used as part of the local dialect. In actuality, these inserts are from a variety of other languages that include Persian, French, Italian, Greek, and Hebrew. This detailed product provides a multitude of examples and a step-by-step outline of the researcher’s investigation of assimilated foreign words.

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