Definiteness Marking in Earlier Stages of Arabic

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dc.identifier	ECF_article_5516
dc.title	Definiteness Marking in Earlier Stages of Arabic. Areal Evidence from Classical Arabic Idols’ Names
dc.contributor.author	Grande Francesco
dc.publisher	Edizioni Ca’ Foscari - Digital Publishing, Fondazione Università Ca’ Foscari
dc.type	Research Article
dc.language.iso	en
dc.identifier.uri	http://edizionicafoscari.it/en/edizioni4/riviste/annali-di-ca-foscari-serie-orientale/2021/1/definiteness-marking-in-earlier-stages-of-arabic/
dc.description.abstract	This study investigates definiteness marking in earlier stages of Arabic, based on a corpus of Classical Arabic idols' names attested in technical prose. The latter mentions not only Arabic idols, the names of which bear definite markers, but also the tribal units that worshipped them. Relying upon attestations of this sort, the present study investigates the areal distribution of definiteness marking in earlier stages of Arabic. Finally, it compares the results of such an investigation with the current knowledge on the areal distribution of definiteness marking in earlier stages of Arabic, based on epigraphic and dialectological evidence.
dc.relation.ispartof	Annali di Ca’ Foscari. Serie orientale
dc.relation.ispartof	Vol. 57 \| June 2021
dc.issued	2021-06-30
dc.dateAccepted	2021-03-26
dc.dateSubmitted	2021-02-08
dc.identifier.issn
dc.identifier.eissn	2385-3042
dc.rights	Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Public License
dc.rights.uri	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
dc.identifier.doi	10.30687/AnnOr/2385-3042/2021/01/002
dc.peer-review	yes
dc.subject	Arabic article
dc.subject	Arabic article
dc.subject	Areal distribution
dc.subject	Areal distribution
dc.subject	Definiteness
dc.subject	Definiteness
dc.subject	Diptotism
dc.subject	Diptotism
dc.subject	Idols
dc.subject	Idols
dc.subject	Pre-Islamic
dc.subject	Pre-Islamic

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Areal Evidence from Classical Arabic Idols’ Names

Francesco Grande Università degli Studi di Torino, Italia

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abstract

This study investigates definiteness marking in earlier stages of Arabic, based on a corpus of Classical Arabic idols' names attested in technical prose. The latter mentions not only Arabic idols, the names of which bear definite markers, but also the tribal units that worshipped them. Relying upon attestations of this sort, the present study investigates the areal distribution of definiteness marking in earlier stages of Arabic. Finally, it compares the results of such an investigation with the current knowledge on the areal distribution of definiteness marking in earlier stages of Arabic, based on epigraphic and dialectological evidence.

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June 30, 2021

Accepted

March 26, 2021

Submitted

Feb. 8, 2021

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Keywords: Idols • Arabic article • Areal distribution • Pre-Islamic • Definiteness • Diptotism

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