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A Study of Palestinian Arabic Dialects

[RG #95] A Study of Palestinian Arabic Dialects

September 1, 2003 - February 29, 2004

Organizer:

Rafi Talmon (University of Haifa)

The group's work will concentrate on compiling a representative corpus of texts from the various geographical areas of northern and central Israel -- namely, Upper and Lower Galilee, the northern coast, the Jordan Valley, Emeq Yizree, the Carmel Mount and Carmel coast, the Triangle, Jaffa, and the Central Plains -- as well as from the Samaritans and the rural population around Jerusalem. 

 

2003-2004 Research Groups

Members

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Werner Arnold

FELLOW
University of Heidelberg
Werner Arnold is a professor of Semitic Studies at the Institute of Language and Culture of the Near East at the University of Heidelberg. HIs research interests are Modern Aramaic dialects, Arabic dialects, and the modern South Arabic languages.
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Aharon Geva-Kleinberger

FELLOW
University of Haifa
Aharon is a professor in the Department of Arabic Language and Literature at the University of Haifa.
fellow

Simon Hopkins

FELLOW
The Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Simon Hopkins is a professor of Arabic Language and Literature at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. His research interests are Arabic and Semitic philology.
fellow

Otto Jastrow

FELLOW
Tallinn University
Otto Jastrow is a professor of Arabic Studies at Tallinn University. His research interests are Arabic and Neo-Aramaic dialects (including Jewish Arabic dialects), of which he considered to be one of the world's foremost experts.
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Aryeh Levin

FELLOW
The Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Aryeh is a professor in the Department of Arabic Language and Literature at The Hebrew University of Jerusalem. His research interests are: old Arabic grammatical thought and terminology; history of the Arabic language; modern Arabic dialects.
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Stephan Procházka

FELLOW
University of Vienna
Stephan is a professor in the Institute for Oriental Studies at the University of Vienna. His research interests are: Arabic language; Arabic dialects; comparative dialectology; Arab minorities and their dialects in southern Turkey; veneration of saints in popular Islam.
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Jan Retsö

FELLOW
University of Gothenburg
Jan is a professor in the Institute of Oriental and African Languages at the University of Gothenburg. His research interests are: Arabic linguistics; Semitic languages; and pre-Islamic history of Arabia.
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Rafi Talmon

FELLOW
University of Haifa
Rafi is a professor in the Department of Arabic Language and Literature at the University of Haifa.