Author : Habaka J. Feghali
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 292 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Book Synopsis Arabic Adeni Reader by : Habaka J. Feghali
Download or read book Arabic Adeni Reader written by Habaka J. Feghali and published by . This book was released on 1990 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This Reader was developed for use in an intermediate level course for Adeni Arabic. It assumes knowledge of the content of the "Arabic Adeni Textbook" or its equivalent. Its purpose is to present the student with a broader and more specialized vocabulary as well as to provide exposure to the syntax of the dialect. There are variations within Adeni Arabic which correlate with the education level of the speakers. Educated speakers tend to avoid certain colloquial expressions. They shift to more formal language (diglossia) when speaking about political, economic, social, and religious topics. It is often possible to infer, if not the social class, then the degree of education of speakers by the way they speak and the expressions they avoid. This fact had some bearing on the author's choice of native speakers and on the subject matter of the selections.The text of most of the selections is based on field tapes recorded by natives of Aden with different educational and social backgrounds. The selections received some editing for educational purposes. The Reader consists of forty five selections preceded by a transcription and pronunciation system to acquaint the learner with the transcription employed throughout the Reader. The symbols used for the transliteration are the most commonly employed for Arabic dialects. In speech sometimes short vowels are omitted because of elision and assimilation or because of the differences in pronunciation among native speakers. The student should keep this in mind when working with the Reader selections.