Annali di Ca’ Foscari. Serie orientale

Journal | Annali di Ca’ Foscari. Serie orientale
Journal issue | 57 | 2021
Research Article | Definiteness Marking in Earlier Stages of Arabic

Definiteness Marking in Earlier Stages of Arabic

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.


Open access | Peer reviewed

Submitted: Feb. 8, 2021 | Accepted: March 26, 2021 | Published June 30, 2021 | Language: en

Keywords DiptotismAreal distributionIdolsArabic articleDefinitenessPre-Islamic


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