The Arabic influence on Northern Berber / / by Maarten Kossmann.

The Arabic Influence on Northern Berber provides an overview of the effects of language contact on a wide array of Berber languages spoken in the Maghrib. These languages have undergone important changes in their lexicon, phonology, morphology, and syntax as a result of over a thousand years of Arab...

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Superior document:Studies in Semitic languages and linguistics ; v. 67
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Year of Publication:2013
Edition:1st ed.
Language:English
Series:Studies in Semitic languages and linguistics ; 67.
Physical Description:1 online resource (473 p.)
Notes:Description based upon print version of record.
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Table of Contents:
  • Preliminary Material
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. Berber and Arabic
  • 3. Berber in Contact: The Pre-Islamic and Early Islamic Periods
  • 4. Lexicon
  • 5. Phonology
  • 6. Nominal Morphology
  • 7. Verbal Morphology
  • 8. Borrowing of Morphological Categories
  • 9. Other Categories: Pronouns and Quantifiers
  • 10. Syntax: Simple Clause
  • 11. Syntax: Complex Sentences
  • 12. Syntax: Relative Clauses
  • 13. Conclusions
  • References
  • Index.