The Languages and Linguistics of Western Asia: An Areal Perspective

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The Languages and Linguistics of Western Asia

An Areal Perspective

Edited by: Geoffrey Haig and Geoffrey Khan

Language: English

Published/Copyright: 2019

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Volume 6 | The World of Linguistics [WOL]

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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.

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

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Acknowledgements
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Table of contents
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1. Introduction
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Geoffrey Haig and Geoffrey Khan

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2. Eastern Anatolia and northwestern Iran
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2.1. Eastern Anatolia and northwestern Iran: overview
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Geoffrey Khan

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2.2. The Armenian dialects
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Hrach Martirosyan

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2.3. Northern Kurdish (Kurmanjî)
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Geoffrey Haig

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2.4. The Arabic dialects of eastern Anatolia
159
Stephan Procházka

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2.5. The Neo-Aramaic dialects of eastern Anatolia and northwestern Iran
190
Geoffrey Khan

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3. Northern Iraq
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3. Northern Iraq
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Geoffrey Khan and Geoffrey Haig

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3.2. The Arabic dialects of northern Iraq
243
Stephan Procházka

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3.3. The Iranian languages of northern Iraq
267
Geoffrey Haig

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3.4. The Neo-Aramaic dialects of northern Iraq
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Geoffrey Khan

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3.5. Iraq-Turkic
354
Christiane Bulut

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4. Western Iran
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4.1. Western Iran: overview
385
Geoffrey Khan

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4.2. The Turkic varieties of Iran
398
Christiane Bulut

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4.3. Bakhtiari
445
Erik Anonby and Mortaza Taheri-Ardali

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4.4. The Neo-Aramaic dialects of western Iran
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Geoffrey Khan

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4.5. Hawrāmī of western Iran
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Parvin Mahmoudveysi and Denise Bailey

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4.6. Persian
569
Ludwig Paul

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4.7. Kumzari
625
Christina van der Wal Anonby

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5. The Caspian region and south Azerbaijan: Caspian and Tatic
659
Donald L. Stilo

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6. Caucasian rim and southern Black Sea coast
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6.1. Caucasian rim and southern Black Sea coast: overview
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6.2. Laz
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René Lacroix

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6.3. Ossetic
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David Erschler

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6.4. Romeyka
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Laurentia Schreiber

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7. Appendix: Basic lexical items in selected languages of Western Asia
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Geoffrey Haig, Geoffrey Khan and Laurentia Schreiber

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Index of language names
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Index of place names
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Index of subjects
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Keywords for this book

Linguistic Typology; Language Contact; Western Asia

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Students & Researchers of Linguistics (Typology in particular), Area Studies, Iranian / Semitic Philology, Language Contact

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The Languages and Linguistics of Western Asia

Overview

About this book

Author / Editor information

Topics

Table of contents

Frontmatter

Acknowledgements

Table of contents

1. Introduction

2.1. Eastern Anatolia and northwestern Iran: overview

2.2. The Armenian dialects

2.3. Northern Kurdish (Kurmanjî)

2.4. The Arabic dialects of eastern Anatolia

2.5. The Neo-Aramaic dialects of eastern Anatolia and northwestern Iran

3. Northern Iraq

3.2. The Arabic dialects of northern Iraq

3.3. The Iranian languages of northern Iraq

3.4. The Neo-Aramaic dialects of northern Iraq

3.5. Iraq-Turkic

4.1. Western Iran: overview

4.2. The Turkic varieties of Iran

4.3. Bakhtiari

4.4. The Neo-Aramaic dialects of western Iran

4.5. Hawrāmī of western Iran

4.6. Persian

4.7. Kumzari

5. The Caspian region and south Azerbaijan: Caspian and Tatic

6.1. Caucasian rim and southern Black Sea coast: overview

6.2. Laz

6.3. Ossetic

6.4. Romeyka

7. Appendix: Basic lexical items in selected languages of Western Asia

Index of language names

Index of place names

Index of subjects

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