Dionisius A. Agius
First Published in 1996. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
First Published in 1996. Within a span of three hundred years Sicily underwent two processes of ethnic, cultural and linguistic transformation. Under the Arab rule it witnessed a period of change from Hellenization and Christianization to Arabization and Islamization. This study looks at Arabization and Arabicization with Arabization means the process of conforming to a culture and an ethnic community, in this case Arab, while Arabicization a process of adopting Arabic as a language or dialect which was socially and economically advantageous at the time.
1 Introduction Chapter One The Land of the Siculans Chapter Two The Siculo Arabic: Ethnic and Social Features Chapter Three The Socio-Linguistic Scene of Islamic and Post-Islamic Sicily Chapter Four The Role of Ibn Makki in Siculo Arabic Chapter Five Siculo-Latin Arabic: Phonological Correspondences Chapter Six Siculo-Arabic: Phonological Correspondences Chapter Seven Romance and Greek Interferences in Siculo-Arabic Chapter Eight Siculo-Middle Arabic
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Dionisius A. Agius
Inhaltsverzeichnis
1 Introduction Chapter One The Land of the Siculans Chapter Two The Siculo Arabic: Ethnic and Social Features Chapter Three The Socio-Linguistic Scene of Islamic and Post-Islamic Sicily Chapter Four The Role of Ibn Makki in Siculo Arabic Chapter Five Siculo-Latin Arabic: Phonological Correspondences Chapter Six Siculo-Arabic: Phonological Correspondences Chapter Seven Romance and Greek Interferences in Siculo-Arabic Chapter Eight Siculo-Middle Arabic
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First Published in 1996. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
