TY  - BOOK
AU  - Anonby,Christina van der Wal
AU  - Anonby,Erik
AU  - Bailey,Denise
AU  - Bulut,Christiane
AU  - Erschler,David
AU  - Haig,Geoffrey
AU  - Khan,Geoffrey
AU  - Lacroix,René
AU  - Mahmoudveysi,Parvin
AU  - Martirosyan,Hrach
AU  - Paul,Ludwig
AU  - Procházka,Stephan
AU  - Schreiber,Laurentia
AU  - Stilo,Donald L.
AU  - Taheri-Ardali,Mortaza
TI  - The Languages and Linguistics of Western Asia: An Areal Perspective 
T2  - The World of Linguistics [WOL]
SN  - 9783110426083
AV  - P381.M53 L36 2019
U1  - 400 
PY  - 2018///]
CY  - Berlin, Boston
PB  - De Gruyter Mouton
KW  - Middle East
KW  - Languages
KW  - LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / General
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - Linguistic Typology, Language Contact, Western Asia
N1  - Frontmatter --; Acknowledgements --; Table of contents --; 1. Introduction --; 2. Eastern Anatolia and northwestern Iran --; 2.1. Eastern Anatolia and northwestern Iran: overview --; 2.2. The Armenian dialects --; 2.3. Northern Kurdish (Kurmanjî) --; 2.4. The Arabic dialects of eastern Anatolia --; 2.5. The Neo-Aramaic dialects of eastern Anatolia and northwestern Iran --; 3. Northern Iraq --; 3. Northern Iraq --; 3.2. The Arabic dialects of northern Iraq --; 3.3. The Iranian languages of northern Iraq --; 3.4. The Neo-Aramaic dialects of northern Iraq --; 3.5. Iraq-Turkic --; 4. Western Iran --; 4.1. Western Iran: overview --; 4.2. The Turkic varieties of Iran --; 4.3. Bakhtiari --; 4.4. The Neo-Aramaic dialects of western Iran --; 4.5. Hawrāmī of western Iran --; 4.6. Persian --; 4.7. Kumzari --; 5. The Caspian region and south Azerbaijan: Caspian and Tatic --; 6. Caucasian rim and southern Black Sea coast --; 6.1. Caucasian rim and southern Black Sea coast: overview --; 6.2. Laz --; 6.3. Ossetic --; 6.4. Romeyka --; 7. Appendix: Basic lexical items in selected languages of Western Asia --; Index of language names --; Index of place names --; Index of subjects; restricted access; Issued also in print
N2  - The languages of Western Asia belong to a variety of language families, including Indo-European, Kartvelian, Semitic, and Turkic, but share numerous features on account of being in areal contact over many centuries. This volume presents descriptions of the modern languages, contributed by leading specialists, and evaluates similarities across the languages that may have arisen by areal contact. It begins with an introductory chapter presenting an overview of the various genetic groupings in the region and summarizing some of the significant features and issues relating to language contact. In the core of the volume the presentation of the languages is divided into five contact areas, which include (i) eastern Anatolia and northwestern Iran, (ii) northern Iraq, (iii) western Iran, (iv) the Caspian region and south Azerbaijan, and (v) the Caucasian rim and southern Black Sea coast. Each section contains chapters devoted to the languages of the area preceded by an introductory section that highlights significant contact phenomena. The volume is rounded off by an appendix with basic lexical items across a selection of the languages. The handbook features contributions by Erik Anonby, Denise Bailey, Christiane Bulut, David Erschler, Geoffrey Haig, Geoffrey Khan, Rene Lacroix, Parvin Mahmoudveysi, Hrach Martirosyan, Ludwig Paul, Stephan Procházka, Laurentia Schreiber, Don Stilo, Mortaza Taheri-Ardali, Christina van der Wal Anonby
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110421682
UR  - https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9783110421682
UR  - https://www.degruyter.com/document/cover/isbn/9783110421682/original
ER  -