Arabic-L:LING:Gaza dialect reference

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Date: 20 Mar 2008
From:Uri Horesh <urih at mail.utexas.edu>
Subject:Gaza dialect reference

Dear Nedal et al.,

The only reference that comes to mind re: Gaza Arabic is the following:

Barnea, Aharon. 1975. Reference to Time, Space and Other Types of
Quantification in the City Dialect of Gaza. Afroasiatic Linguistics,  
1975,
2, 3, May, 1-10. (ISSN 0362-3637)

Abstract (from LLBA):

Some common references to concepts of time, space, & other types of
quantification used in the city dialect of Gaza are sociolinguistically
analyzed. Time & space concepts do not depend as much upon any one  
system
within the grammar, as they do upon the ways of analyzing & reporting
experiences which have become fixed in the language as integrated  
"fashions
of speaking;" for example, those that relate to major events of the  
past,
such as Muhammad's time & the 1948 War. Time & place references are
obliquely made concepts, through loose adverbial constructions;  
references
to time of day are approximated; places have a social reference; money,
however, is quantified exactly. There are definite connections between
cultural norms & linguistic patterns which differ from those of Standard
American English.

It's old, but it's better than nothing. If anyone knows of newer  
references,
I'd be glad to learn about them too.

Uri

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The University of Texas at Austin
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