The Languages and Linguistics of Western Asia : : An Areal Perspective / / ed. by Geoffrey Haig, Geoffrey Khan.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter DG Plus DeG Package 2019 Part 1
• MitwirkendeR: Anonby, Christina van der Wal,; Anonby, Erik,; Bailey, Denise,; Bulut, Christiane,; Erschler, David,; Haig, Geoffrey,; Khan, Geoffrey,; Lacroix, René,; Mahmoudveysi, Parvin,; Martirosyan, Hrach,; Paul, Ludwig,; Procházka, Stephan,; Schreiber, Laurentia,; Stilo, Donald L.,; Taheri-Ardali, Mortaza,
• HerausgeberIn: Haig, Geoffrey,; Khan, Geoffrey,
• Place / Publishing House: Berlin ;, Boston : : De Gruyter Mouton, , [2018]; ©2019
• Year of Publication: 2018
• Language: English
• Series: The World of Linguistics [WOL] ; 6
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (VIII, 978 p.)

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.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Acknowledgements -- Table of contents -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Eastern Anatolia and northwestern Iran -- 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. 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. Western Iran -- 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. Caucasian rim and southern Black Sea coast -- 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