ARABIC LANGUAGE 3 AND DIALECTS

- ability to read & vocalize standard Arabic texts;

- knowledge & application of syntactic structures of standard Arabic;

- translation of texts from Arabic to Italian & vice versa.

- knowledge of main theories about Arabic dialects;

- ability to recognize the distinctive features of Eastern and Western Neo-Arabic.

Lectures, practice lessons.

Arabic Language III:

complementary notions about the name and the verb; doubly weak verbs; derived forms of quadriliteral verbs; derived forms of the passive verbs); specific uses of some prepositions; the syntax; the conditional sentences; the numerals: hundreds, thousands, dates; idiomatic sentences in Arabic.

Dialectology:

Arabic & Dialects, the diglossia, the middle Arabic & the Triglossia, the origin of Neo-Arabic dialects; the spread of the Arabic.

Main features of Maghribi Neo-Arabic with focus on contemporary Tunisian Arabic.

Medieval Arabic varieties: Siculo-Arabic and Andalusi Arabic.

Elements of the Arabic language spoken in Morocco.

L. Veccia Vaglieri, Grammatica teorico-pratica della lingua araba vol. 1 (pp. 271) - 2 (esercizi, pp. 572), Istituto per l'Oriente C. A. Nallino, Istituto per l’Oriente, Roma (II Ed.);

Luc-Willy Deheuvels (Ed. Italiana a cura di A. Ghersetti), Grammatica araba. Manuale di arabo moderno, Zanichelli, Bologna, 2010, vol. II (pp. 77-246).

Olivier Durand, Dialettologia Araba, Carocci editore, Roma, 2009 e rist. (pp. 27-215).

Peace Corps Morocco, Moroccan Arabic, Moroccan Arabic Textbook, 2011 (1-96).

A selection of Neo-Arabic texts will be given by the professor during the classes and will be available at studium.unict.it.

Please remember that in compliance with art 171 L22.04.1941, n. 633 and its amendments, it is illegal to copy entire books or journals, only 15% of their content can be copied.

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All the books listed in the programs can be consulted in the Library.