I want to do some research on comparative Arabic dialectology. Can anyone recommend grammatical descriptions of varieties of Arabic?
They can be from any time, any place and basically in any language.
The best would be grammatical descriptions or scetch grammar, but also articles or theses focusing on specific grammatical topics.
Fire away!
A good point to start for having an overview of the state of the art of Arabic dialectology is:
Dialectology
Peter Behnstedt and Manfred Woidich
In The Oxford Handbook of Arabic Linguistics
Edited by Jonathan Owens
Print Publication Date: Sep 2013
Online Publication Date: Dec
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordhb/9780199764136.013.0013
2013
Another starting point could be the Encyclopaedia of Arabic Language and Linguistics (http://referenceworks.brillonline.com/browse/encyclopedia-of-arabic-language-and-linguistics)
The work of Clive Holes is also to be looked into:
- Holes, Clive. Dialect, Culture, and Society in Eastern Arabia: Glossary. Vol. 1. Brill, 2001.
- Holes, Clive. Modern Arabic: Structures, functions, and varieties. Georgetown University Press, 2004.
- Holes, Clive. Colloquial Arabic of the Gulf and Saudi Arabia. Routledge & Kegan Paul Books, 1984.
One more suggestion:
- Holes, Clive. Arabic dialectology: in honour of Clive Holes on the occasion of his sixtieth birthday. Eds. Enam al-Wer, and Rudolf Erik de Jong. Vol. 53. Brill, 2009.
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