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Date: 23 Jan 2007
From:"Barkat-Defradas" <melissa.barkat at univ-montp3.fr>
Subject:Conference on Typology of Modern Arabic Dialects
International Conference on
Typology of Modern Arabic Dialects:
“Features, Methods and Models of Classification”
May 14-15, 2007 – Montpellier (FRANCE)
organized by
laboratory Praxiling UMR 5267 CNRS – University of Montpellier 3 –
France
laboratory Dynamique du Langage UMR 5596 – University of Lyon 2 –
France
The Arabic speaking world constitutes a field of choice for
comparative linguistics as it is a linguistic continuum which covers
a vast territory (from Mauritania to the borders of the Persian
region, with some projections in Europe, in Malta and Cyprus).
Nevertheless, in the field of Arabic linguistics, studies dealing
with dialectology still occupy a marginal place as compared to the
huge amount of dialectal works conducted on French and/or English.
Contradictorily, the interest for speech in Arabic is very old: many
works produced by the old Arab grammarians of the traditional period
(8th – 10th century) testify the interest of philologists for Arabic
grammar and lexicography. In their enterprise of standardization of
the Arabic language, they had mainly adopted the same methodological
approach for the evaluation of linguistic features. Three operational
criteria prevailed for the classification of the linguistic features
encountered on the field (i) eloquent Arabic to imitate, (ii)
acceptable Arabic but which cannot be used as a model and (iii)
incorrect Arabic to be avoided and condemned.
The traditional conception of what should be The Arabic Language
(i.e. Al'Arabiyya) resulted in the emergence of a model built around
a set of linguistic characteristics present in the pre-Islamic poetic
koine. This model attributed a certain tolerance to bedouin features
and rejected quasi systematically sedentary ones. The formidable
effervescence of the times of standardization focused the interest on
the linguistic features of that “ideal” language called fusha, a
language purified from regional characteristics which lead the Arabic
dialects to be regarded as distorted linguistic forms not worth
studying. This uncommon situation prevailed for more than one
thousand years. At the end of the 19th century, following the
development of comparative Semitic grammar, a prompt renewed interest
for Arabic dialectal studies occurred. Many major contributions made
it possible to have an overall picture of the dialectal Arabic
speaking world and some proposals for regional regroupings based on
linguistic features (i.e. mainly morpho-phonological) emerged. The
suggestion which collects the adhesion of the specialists of the
domain consists in classifying all the different Arabic dialects into
five principal groups : (1) dialects of Arabian type (i.e. Saudi
Arabia, country of the Gulf, Yemen); (2) dialects of Levantine type
(i.e. Syria, Lebanon, Jordan, Palestine); (3) dialects of
Mesopotamian type (i.e. Iraq); (4) dialects of Egyptian type (i.e.
Egypt, Sudan, Chad, Nigeria); (5) dialects of Maghrebi type (i.e.
Mauritania, Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Libya).
In addition to a certain geographical coherence, these five dialectal
areas were defined on the basis of some reliable phonological
features like (i) the maintenance vs. the loss of the three
interdental fricatives /T D D³/ (ث ذ ض) and (ii) the nature of the
realization of the uvular stop /q/ (ق ) (i.e. voiced vs. unvoiced).
These phonological features seem to transcend the regional borders as
they also allow a sociological division of dialects into three
categories: (1) dialects of nomadic bedouin type, (2) dialects of
sedentary bedouin type ; (3) dialects of urban type. To this double
discrimination of geographical and sociological nature, a third one,
more specific, is determined by the nature of the local substrate
(i.e. Aramaic, Coptic and/or Berber).
But, with the deep social and demographic changes the Arabic
countries have known in the course the 20th century, many important
urban centres mushroomed. These are undoubtedly important places for
language contacts. What linguistic impacts these centres have had —
and still have — on the nature of Arabic koines? What is the present
value of the phonological features that previously enabled the
geographical and sociological classification? What is their role in
the processes of linguistic accommodation and dialectal levelling?
Does the centrifugal force of the sedentary urban centres reach the
surrounding sedentary rural areas ? Does the language of urban
sedentary type used and conveyed by the media exert any influence on
bedouin nomadic linguistic varieties? If such an influence is
conceivable, any classification based on the phonological units
quoted above becomes extremely delicate, even inoperable since the
same linguistic object could be interpreted as typical of sedentary
bedouin dialects by the ones, or as specifically nomadic by the
others and eventually, as the product of the integration (conscious
or unconscious) of a prestigious feature at a local, regional,
national or cross national level? Did the ancient Arabic dialects
that were not worth studying by traditional philologists simply
ceased to exist after the establishment of the linguistic norm? Was
their use reduced to local minorities and specific situations of
communication or did these vernacular forms evolved to become the
modern dialects that are spoken nowadays? We attend here or there in
particular thanks to the process of koinization which develops itself
in the great urban centres, to the resurgence of linguistic features
with strong diachronic value that are interpreted — sometimes
wrongly — like the results of linguistic accommodation and/or
levelling. These features — though they entirely belong to the
subjects’ competence — deeply modify the structural organization
of the regional linguistic systems. What is our knowledge about the
systems of these dialects? What methodological tools the researchers
can use to distinguish between what should be considered as a
linguistic fossil from what is a recent element of urban koinization?
How old and new features should be arranged in any work of
classification?
The speakers invited to participate to the Congress on “Typology of
Modern Arabic Dialects” are all specialists of Arabic dialectology.
They will debate the questions raised before and confront their views
and opinions on the question of the geographical and sociological
classification of the Arabic dialects. Finally, a set of new
classification features will be proposed at the segmental (i.e.
consonants, vowels, diphthongs), and the prosodic levels (i.e.
stress, rate, rhythm, intonation). These new elements will be
explored in isolation or in relation with other linguistic domains
(morphology, lexicology, syntax).
Poster submission
Apart from invited oral communications (see program below) a poster
session is scheduled. Studies dealing with Arabic dialects’
classification, methods of sociolinguistic investigations, phonetic
and phonological descriptions of regional, rural, urban and/or
peripheral varieties, use and/or perception of specific linguistic
features….etc, will be submitted under the form of an abstract which
should not exceed 1 page, Times New Roman 11, line space 1,5). Note
that according to the French law, we have to include a French summary
in any published document. We therefore have to ask you TO INCLUDE A
SHORT SUMMARY OF YOUR ABSTRACT IN FRENCH (no more than 5 lines).
Without this summary we are not authorised to publish your abstract.
This document will also include the authors’ last and first names,
academic affiliations, postal and e-mail addresses.
Please submit 2 versions of your abstract, one in PDF format **AND**
one in WORD, RTF format. The name of these two files should be:
TMAD_abstract_lastname (e.g. TMAD_abstract_barkat.pdf and
TMAD_abstract_barkat.doc or TMAD_abstract_barkat.rtf) Your abstract
should be sent electronically by MARCH 15th 2007 to the following
address : melissa.barkat at univ-montp3.fr. Languages of presentation
are French and English. Format for posters is A0 landscape ( height
84cm*length 119 cm).
Registration fees
Registration fees to attend the conference are 60 € (normal) 45 €
(normal AFCP); 30 € (students); 15 € (AFCP students) to be paid by
APRIL 15 2007 by postal / bank cheque or bank transfer to:
¨By bank transfer (please precise the name of the : Typologie des
Parlers Arabes Modernes) ) to : Monsieur L'Agent Comptable Secondaire
du CNRS Délégation Régionale Languedoc Roussillon.
- National bank transfer :
TP Montpellier 10071 34000 00001003417 34
- International bank transfer
IBAN : FR76 1007 1340 0000 0010 0341 734
Code BIC BDFEFRPPXXX
¨By cheque to:
Monsieur L'Agent Comptable Secondaire du CNRS Délégation
Régionale Languedoc Roussillon.
(Precise the name of the conference at the back of the cheque)
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COLLOQUE
Typologie des parlers arabes modernes – 14 et 15 mai 2007 -
Montpellier
Registration Form
To be sent on April 15th toghether w/ your paiement to
Mr. Sébastien PICARD
CNRS Languedoc Roussillon
Colloque Typologie des Parlers Arabes Modernes
1919 route de Mende — 34293 Montpellier Cedex 5 (France)
NOM
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STATUT (chercheur, professeur, étudiant, ...)
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ORGANISME DE RATTACHEMENT :
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(CNRS, Université, entreprise, ...)
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ADRESSE PROFESSIONNELLE :
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ADRESSE PERSONNELLE :
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E-mail :
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Registration fees
Normal :
60 €
Normal AFCP (precise membership n°)
45 €
Student :
30 €
Student : AFCP (precise membership n°)
15 €
Extra
Reception dinner (May 14th evening) :
+ 20 € / Person
TOTAL
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Registration fees include the participation at the conference, coffee
breaks, aperitif and the booklet of the abstracts. The proceedings
of the conference “Typology of the modern Arabic Dialects: Features,
methods and models of classification ” will be published.
Grants
With the support of the AFCP a certain number of grants (for
participants presenting a poster only) can be delivered to foreign
students and/or researchers. The number and the amount of these
grants will be established according to the number of demands.
Applicants are invited to send by APRIL 1st 2007, in electronic form
preferably, a file of request including a CV ; a letter of motivation
(indicating the awaited benefit of the participation of the applicant
at the conference) and an estimate of the amount of the expenses
(travelling, accommodation, registration fees…) to:
melissa.barkat at univ-montp3.fr, or by snail mail to :
Dr. Melissa Barkat-Defradas
Laboratoire Praxiling UMR 5191
17, rue Abée de l’Epée - 34090 Montpellier — FRANCE
The conference will be held at the Delegation Regionale of the CNRS
1919, route de Mende 34090 Montpellier — France
Schedule
May 14th 2007
09:00–09:15 : Opening of the Conference (M.Barkat-Defradas &
M.Embarki)
09:15–10:15 : Kees Versteegh (University of Nijmegen – The
Netherlands) :
10:15–10:30 : Break
10:30–11:30 : Jérôme Lentin (INALCO – Paris – France)
11:30–12:30 : Alexander Borg (University Ben Gourion of Jerusalem
– Israel)
12h30–14h00 : Lunch
14:00–15:00 : Salem Ghazali (Université of Tunis – Tunisia
15:00–16:00 : Enam El-Wer (University of Essex – Great Britain)
16 :00–16 :15 : Break
16 :15–17 :15 : Mohamed Embarki (Université of Montpellier –
France)
17h15–18h15 : Poster session
18:30 – 19:00 : Aperitif
20:00 : Dinner
May 15th 2007
09:00–10:00 : Moha Ennaji (University Mohamed Ben Abdallah of Fez
– Morocco)
10:00–10:15 : Break
10:15–11:15 : Gilbert Puech (University of Lyon 2 – France)
11:15–12:15 : Martine Vanhove (LLACAN & Inalco – France)
12:15–14:00 : Lunch
14:00–15:00 : Amr Ibrahim (University of Franche-Comté & Paris IV)
15:00–16:00 : Melissa Barkat-Defradas (Praxiling UMR CNRS 5191–
University of Montpellier - France)
16:00–16:15 : Break
16:30-17:00 : Closing of the Conference — Gérard Ghersi, Director
of the MSH-M
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Dr. Melissa Barkat-Defradas (CR-CNRS)
Laboratoire Praxiling UMR 5191
17, rue Abée de l'Epée
34090 Montpellier - France
Tel : + 00 33 (0)4 67 14 58 63 ou 28 (secrétariat)
Fax : + 00 33 (0)4 67 14 58 68
web : http://praxiling.univ-montp3.fr
e-mail : melissa.barkat at univ-montp3.fr
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