The Languages and Linguistics of Western Asia: An Areal Perspective

Published by De Gruyter Mouton 2019

The Languages and Linguistics of Western Asia

An Areal Perspective

Edited by: Geoffrey Haig and Geoffrey Khan

Volume 6 in the series The World of Linguistics [WOL]

https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110421682

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The languages of Western Asia belong to a variety of language families, including Indo-European, Kartvelian, Semitic, and Turkic, but share numerous features on account of being in areal contact over many centuries. This volume presents descriptions of the modern languages, contributed by leading specialists, and evaluates similarities across the languages that may have arisen by areal contact.

It begins with an introductory chapter presenting an overview of the various genetic groupings in the region and summarizing some of the significant features and issues relating to language contact. In the core of the volume the presentation of the languages is divided into five contact areas, which include (i) eastern Anatolia and northwestern Iran, (ii) northern Iraq, (iii) western Iran, (iv) the Caspian region and south Azerbaijan, and (v) the Caucasian rim and southern Black Sea coast. Each section contains chapters devoted to the languages of the area preceded by an introductory section that highlights significant contact phenomena. The volume is rounded off by an appendix with basic lexical items across a selection of the languages.

The handbook features contributions by Erik Anonby, Denise Bailey, Christiane Bulut, David Erschler, Geoffrey Haig, Geoffrey Khan, Rene Lacroix, Parvin Mahmoudveysi, Hrach Martirosyan, Ludwig Paul, Stephan Procházka, Laurentia Schreiber, Don Stilo, Mortaza Taheri-Ardali, Christina van der Wal Anonby.

includes description of Kartvelian, Indo-European, Semitic and Turkic languages.
includes overview of the ancient languages of the region and descriptions of the major modern languages with a focus on the areal distribution of shared features.

Author / Editor information

Geoffrey Haig, University of Bamberg, Germany; Geoffrey Khan, University of Cambridge, UK.

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Acknowledgements Publicly Available Download PDF	v
Table of contents Publicly Available Download PDF	vii
1. Introduction Geoffrey Haig and Geoffrey Khan Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
2. Eastern Anatolia and northwestern Iran
2.1. Eastern Anatolia and northwestern Iran: overview Geoffrey Khan Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	31
2.2. The Armenian dialects Hrach Martirosyan Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	46
2.3. Northern Kurdish (Kurmanjî) Geoffrey Haig Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	106
2.4. The Arabic dialects of eastern Anatolia Stephan Procházka Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	159
2.5. The Neo-Aramaic dialects of eastern Anatolia and northwestern Iran Geoffrey Khan Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	190
3. Northern Iraq
3. Northern Iraq Geoffrey Khan and Geoffrey Haig Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	237
3.2. The Arabic dialects of northern Iraq Stephan Procházka Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	243
3.3. The Iranian languages of northern Iraq Geoffrey Haig Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	267
3.4. The Neo-Aramaic dialects of northern Iraq Geoffrey Khan Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	305
3.5. Iraq-Turkic Christiane Bulut Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	354
4. Western Iran
4.1. Western Iran: overview Geoffrey Khan Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	385
4.2. The Turkic varieties of Iran Christiane Bulut Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	398
4.3. Bakhtiari Erik Anonby and Mortaza Taheri-Ardali Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	445
4.4. The Neo-Aramaic dialects of western Iran Geoffrey Khan Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	481
4.5. Hawrāmī of western Iran Parvin Mahmoudveysi and Denise Bailey Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	533
4.6. Persian Ludwig Paul Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	569
4.7. Kumzari Christina van der Wal Anonby Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	625
5. The Caspian region and south Azerbaijan: Caspian and Tatic Donald L. Stilo Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	659
6. Caucasian rim and southern Black Sea coast
6.1. Caucasian rim and southern Black Sea coast: overview Geoffrey Haig and Geoffrey Khan Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	825
6.2. Laz René Lacroix Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	830
6.3. Ossetic David Erschler Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	861
6.4. Romeyka Laurentia Schreiber Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	892
7. Appendix: Basic lexical items in selected languages of Western Asia Geoffrey Haig, Geoffrey Khan and Laurentia Schreiber Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	935
Index of language names Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	953
Index of place names Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	961
Index of subjects Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	969

(Deutsch)

Language: English
Publisher: De Gruyter Mouton
Audience: Students & Researchers of Linguistics (Typology in particular), Area Studies, Iranian / Semitic Philology, Language Contact
Pages
- Front matter: 8
- Main content: 978
Keywords: Linguistic Typology; Language Contact; Western Asia

eBook

Published: December 3, 2018
ISBN: 9783110421682

Hardcover

Published: December 3, 2018
ISBN: 9783110426083