Arabic-L:LING:Needs early refs to terms 'colloquial' and 'ammiyah'

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1) Subject:Needs early refs to terms 'colloquial' and 'ammiyah'

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Date: 05 Jul  2005
From:farwaneh at email.arizona.edu
Subject:Needs early refs to terms 'colloquial' and 'ammiyah'

Hello everyone,

I wonder if any of you know the very first reference the term  
"colloquial"

or its Arabic equivalent "`ammiyyah" first appeared in. I am reading
Al-Baghdadi and he refers to Arabic dialects as "lugha", which is best
interpreted as 'mother tongue"; as in "lughat bani tamiim" and "allugha
aTTaa'iyya", etc.

I do realize very well the political and religious ideology behind  
the use

of the term 'colloquial/`ammiyyah" , but I need to specify the first
reference that first used the term.

many thanks for your input, and I will post a summary if I receive

responses off the list,

Samira

Samira Farwaneh
Assistant Professor, Arabic Language and Linguistics
Department of Near Eastern Studies
Department of Linguistics
Second Language Acquisition and Teaching Program
Louise Foucar Marshall Building
845 N Park Avenue, Room 440
PO BOX 210158B
University of Arizona
Tucson, Arizona  85721-0158B
Phone: (520) 621-8629 Or 621-8012
Fax: (520) 621-2333


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