Expressions of Tense and Aspect in the Tunisian Varieties of Arabic: A Comparative Study of Jewish and Muslim Dialects

IF 0.3 0 LANGUAGE & LINGUISTICS
Wiktor Gębski
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Abstract

The aspectual and temporal value of the verb is one of the most discussed problems in Semitic linguistics. Nonetheless, in the field of North African Arabic dialectology this subject has not received its due attention, and compared to other Arabic dialects, it remains terra incognita. The present article explores strategies by which spoken varieties of Tunisian Arabic express tense and aspect. The core data examined in this study comes from an endangered dialect spoken by the Jews of Gabes (southern Tunisia). Comparative material includes an array of examples from both Jewish and Muslim varieties. I reconstruct the origin of the preverbal particles and auxiliaries in Tunisian Arabic, and argue that, in contradistinction to Moroccan Arabic, the ka- particle in Jewish Gabes does not originate in kān. I present evidence that the active participle in Jewish and Muslim varieties has divergent functional distribution, which suggests a Northwest Semitic substrate in Judeo-Arabic.
突尼斯阿拉伯语变体中时态和体词的表达——犹太和穆斯林方言的比较研究
动词在语体和时间上的价值是闪族语言学中讨论最多的问题之一。然而,在北非阿拉伯语方言学领域,这一主题没有得到应有的重视,与其他阿拉伯方言相比,它仍然是一个未知的领域。本文探讨了突尼斯阿拉伯语口语变体表达时态和语体的策略。本研究的核心数据来自Gabes(突尼斯南部)犹太人使用的一种濒危方言。比较材料包括一系列来自犹太和穆斯林品种的例子。我重建了突尼斯阿拉伯语语前语词和助词的起源,并认为,与摩洛哥阿拉伯语不同,犹太语加贝斯语中的ka-语词并非起源于kān。我提出的证据表明,犹太和穆斯林品种的主动分词具有不同的功能分布,这表明在犹太-阿拉伯语中有西北闪米特语的基底。
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Journal of Jewish Languages
Journal of Jewish Languages LANGUAGE & LINGUISTICS-
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