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Current issues in Kurdish linguistics

Author : Songül Gündoğdu
Publisher : University of Bamberg Press
ISBN 13 : 386309686X
Total Pages : 273 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (63 download)

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Download or read book Current issues in Kurdish linguistics written by Songül Gündoğdu and published by University of Bamberg Press. This book was released on 2019-11-18 with total page 273 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Current Issues in Kurdish Linguistics contains ten contributions which span the field of Kurdish linguistics, both in terms of geography and in terms of the range of topics. Along with several works on Kurmanji (Northern Kurdish) and Sorani (Central Kurdish), two chapters shed light on the lesser-known Southern Kurdish language area. Other studies are comparative, and treat the Kurdish language area in its entirety. The linguistic approaches of the authors are a mix of formal and typological perspectives, and cover topics ranging from geographical distribution and variation to phonology, morphosyntax, discourse structure, historical morphology, and sociolinguistics. The present volume is the first of its kind in bringing together contributions from a relatively large number of linguists, working in a diverse range of frameworks and on different aspects and varieties of Kurdish. As such, it attests to the increasing breadth and sophistication now evident in Kurdish linguistics, and is a worthy launch for the new series Bamberg Studies in Kurdish Linguistics (BSKL).

Structural and Typological Variation in the Dialects of Kurdish

Author : Yaron Matras
Publisher : Springer Nature
ISBN 13 : 3030788377
Total Pages : 474 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (37 download)

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Book Synopsis Structural and Typological Variation in the Dialects of Kurdish by : Yaron Matras

Download or read book Structural and Typological Variation in the Dialects of Kurdish written by Yaron Matras and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2022-10-19 with total page 474 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book offers the first comparative discussion of variation in selected areas of structure in the dialects of Kurdish. The contributions draw on data collected as part of the project on Structural and Typological Variation in Kurdish and stored in the Manchester Database of Kurdish Dialects online resource, as well as on additional data sources. The chapters address issues in lexicon, phonology, and morpho-syntax including nominal case, tense and aspect categories, pronominal clitics, adpositions, word order (with special reference to post-predicate constituents) and connectivity and complex clauses. The materials that inform the analysis consist of a systematic questionnaire-based elicitation covering key features of variation in lexicon and morpho-syntax, and an accompanying corpus of free speech recordings, collected in over 120 locations across the Kurdish-speaking regions in Turkey, Syria, Iraq and Iran and covering mainly the dialects of Northern and Central Kurdish (Kurmani-Bahdini and Sorani), with some consideration of Southern Kurdish. The book will be of interest to students and scholars in fields such as linguistics, linguistic typology, Iranian linguistics and linguistics of the Middle East, and dialectology.

The Laki variety of Harsin

Author : Belelli, Sara
Publisher : University of Bamberg Press
ISBN 13 : 3863098250
Total Pages : 538 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (63 download)

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Download or read book The Laki variety of Harsin written by Belelli, Sara and published by University of Bamberg Press. This book was released on 2022-01-25 with total page 538 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book presents a documentation and analysis of Harsini, the language variety spoken by the people of Harsin, a small urban centre located in south-east Kermanshah Province, western Iran. The main features of phonology and morphosyntax are outlined, and an extensive corpus of transcribed spoken texts, recorded in situ, is also provided, together with a lexicon. The book also includes comparative notes and discussion of the place of Harsini within Laki, and its relationship to Southern Kurdish. The sound files from the text corpus are available online at https://multicast.aspra.uni-bamberg.de/resources/kurdish/#laki.

The Languages of the World

Author : Kenneth Katzner
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1134532881
Total Pages : 400 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (345 download)

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Download or read book The Languages of the World written by Kenneth Katzner and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2002-09-11 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This third edition of Kenneth Katzner's best-selling guide to languages is essential reading for language enthusiasts everywhere. Written with the non-specialist in mind, its user-friendly style and layout, delightful original passages, and exotic scripts, will continue to fascinate the reader. This new edition has been thoroughly revised to include more languages, more countries, and up-to-date data on populations. Features include: *information on nearly 600 languages *individual descriptions of 200 languages, with sample passages and English translations *concise notes on where each language is spoken, its history, alphabet and pronunciation *coverage of every country in the world, its main language and speaker numbers *an introduction to language families

Nationalism and Language in Kurdistan, 1918-1985

Author : Amir Hassanpour
Publisher : San Francisco : Mellen Research University Press
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 580 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Nationalism and Language in Kurdistan, 1918-1985 written by Amir Hassanpour and published by San Francisco : Mellen Research University Press. This book was released on 1992 with total page 580 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Standardization, as defined in this study, is a struggle to create a national language. It involves more than alphabet reform or codification of phonology and vocabulary. Standardization is treated as language development, similar and closely related to social, economic, and political development. The approach here is interdisciplinary, cutting across a number of fields in social sciences: sociolinguistics, political science, mass media studies, education, and policy studies.

The Cambridge History of the Kurds

Author : Hamit Bozarslan
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1108583016
Total Pages : 1027 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (85 download)

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Download or read book The Cambridge History of the Kurds written by Hamit Bozarslan and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2021-04-22 with total page 1027 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Cambridge History of the Kurds is an authoritative and comprehensive volume exploring the social, political and economic features, forces and evolution amongst the Kurds, and in the region known as Kurdistan, from the fifteenth to the twenty-first century. Written in a clear and accessible style by leading scholars in the field, the chapters survey key issues and themes vital to any understanding of the Kurds and Kurdistan including Kurdish language; Kurdish art, culture and literature; Kurdistan in the age of empires; political, social and religious movements in Kurdistan; and domestic political developments in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. Other chapters on gender, diaspora, political economy, tribes, cinema and folklore offer fresh perspectives on the Kurds and Kurdistan as well as neatly meeting an exigent need in Middle Eastern studies. Situating contemporary developments taking place in Kurdish-majority regions within broader histories of the region, it forms a definitive survey of the history of the Kurds and Kurdistan.

Grammar of the Kurmanji Or Kurdish Language

Author : Ely Banister Soane
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 316 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Grammar of the Kurmanji Or Kurdish Language written by Ely Banister Soane and published by . This book was released on 1913 with total page 316 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Unified Kurdish Language

Author : Hamma Mirwaisi
Publisher : Hamma Mirwaisi
ISBN 13 : 1483931358
Total Pages : 101 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (839 download)

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Download or read book Unified Kurdish Language written by Hamma Mirwaisi and published by Hamma Mirwaisi. This book was released on 2013-05-03 with total page 101 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A unified alphabet is the basis for a unified language so that the Kurdish people will understand one another. The language contribution in this book, although relatively small, is very meaningful because it comes from the roots of the languages used by more than 500 million people in the Middle East. It is meant to be the foundation of a unified language and for a future dictionary of the Unified Kurdish language. This unified alphabet is good for Kurds who have descended from the ancient Medes (Kurmanji, Sorani, Zazas Dimili, Goran, Lak, Lurs and Bakhtiaris, Hawrami, old Azeri, Talish and other groups), Persians (Pars, Dari, Tajick and other groups) and the entire Airyanem people. As authors of the historical novels Vashti Queen of the Ancient Medes (Kurds) and Esther Mystery Queen of the Medes (Kurds), Hamma Mirwaisi and Alison Buckley are working to revive knowledge and understanding of the ancient Airyanem Civilization described in these first two books of a series. We hope that our readers and many others will support the concept of the establishment of an Economic Union for the Middle East to solve some of the problems among the population of that part of the world. It will require the support of a Unified Kurdish Language based on the unified alphabet formulated in this book.

Elementary Kurmanji Grammar

Author : Ely B. Soane
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9783862901654
Total Pages : 197 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (16 download)

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Download or read book Elementary Kurmanji Grammar written by Ely B. Soane and published by . This book was released on 2010 with total page 197 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Unified Kurdish Language

Author : Hamma Mirwaisi
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN 13 : 9781530436033
Total Pages : 106 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (36 download)

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Download or read book Unified Kurdish Language written by Hamma Mirwaisi and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2016-03-08 with total page 106 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A unified alphabet is a basis for a unified language so that the Kurdish people will understand one another. The language contribution in this book, although relatively small, is very meaningful because it comes from the roots of the languages used by more than 500 million people in the Middle East. It is meant to be the foundation of a unified language and for a future dictionary of the Unified Kurdish language. This unified alphabet is good for Kurds who have descended from the ancient Medes (Kurmanji, Sorani, Zazas Dimili, Goran, Lak, Lurs and Bakhtiaris, Hawrami, old Azeri, Talish and other groups), Persians (Pars, Dari, Tajick and other groups too who adopted white Aryan language) and the entire Airyanem people. As authors of the historical novels Vashti Queen of the Ancient Medes (Kurds) and Esther Mystery Queen of the Medes (Kurds), Kurdish people history, white people history, Kurdish women struggle for peace and freedom in Kurdistan, Jewish people history by Hamma Mirwaisi is working to revive knowledge and understanding of the ancient white Aryan Civilization described in these books of a series. I hope the readers and many others will support the concept of the establishment of and the Economic Union for the Middle East to solve some of the problems among the population of that part of the world. It will require the support of a Unified Kurdish Language based on the unified alphabet formulated in this book."

Kurdish Awakening

Author : Ofra Bengio
Publisher : University of Texas Press
ISBN 13 : 0292758138
Total Pages : 385 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (927 download)

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Download or read book Kurdish Awakening written by Ofra Bengio and published by University of Texas Press. This book was released on 2014-11-15 with total page 385 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Kurdish Awakening examines key questions related to Kurdish nationalism and identity formation in Syria, Iraq, Iran, and Turkey. The world's largest stateless ethnic group, Kurds have steadily grown in importance as a political power in the Middle East, particularly in light of the "Arab Spring." As a result, Kurdish issues—political, cultural, and historical alike—have emerged as the subject of intense scholarly interest. This book provides fresh ways of understanding the historical and sociopolitical underpinnings of the ongoing Kurdish awakening and its already significant impact on the region. Rather than focusing on one state or angle, this anthology fills a gap in the literature on the Kurds by providing a panoramic view of the Kurdish homeland's various parts. The volume focuses on aspects of Kurdish nationalism and identity formation not addressed elsewhere, including perspectives on literature, gender, and constitution making. Further, broad thematic essays include a discussion of the historical experiences of the Kurds from the time of their Islamization more than a millennium ago up until the modern era, a comparison of the Kurdish experience with other ethno-national movements, and a treatment of the role of tribalism in modern nation building. This collection is unique in its use of original sources in various languages. The result is an analytically rich portrayal that sheds light on the Kurds' prospects and the challenges they confront in a region undergoing sweeping upheavals.

FERHENGA BIRÛSKÎ Kurmanji - English Dictionary Volume One: A - L

Author : Michael L. Chyet
Publisher : Transnational Press London
ISBN 13 : 1912997045
Total Pages : 495 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (129 download)

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Download or read book FERHENGA BIRÛSKÎ Kurmanji - English Dictionary Volume One: A - L written by Michael L. Chyet and published by Transnational Press London. This book was released on 2020-01-07 with total page 495 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ferhenga Biruski is the go-to dictionary for Kurmanji a dialect of Kurdish spoken originally in parts of Iran, Iraq, Syria, Turkey while also being common among a large diaspora of Kurds in Europe, North America and elsewhere. This comprehensive Kurmanji-English dictionary is prepared in two volumes by Michael L. Chyet, a renowned linguist with extensive knowledge of the major dialects of Kurdish. This dictionary is an essential reference source for linguists and others interested in Kurdish language and people. "The second edition of my Kurmanji-English dictionary, which I would like to call “Ferhenga Birûskî” to honor the memory of my beloved friend and colleague Birûsk Tugan, contains considerably more entries, and in many cases offers fuller information on earlier entries. In addition, I have found and corrected several typographical errors. Moreover, it is to be accompanied by a companion English to Kurdish volume. [...] It is my goal to accurately reflect the language as it exists today, providing variant spellings, synonyms, and regional usage, as well as etymologies. The late Iranist D.N. MacKenzie advised me early on to avoid filling my dictionary with “ghost words”. He suggested that I base all the entries in my dictionary on texts (both written and orally generated), to ensure that I am reflecting the language as it is used by its speakers. The earlier dictionaries include words of unknown provenance, which may have no existence outside those pages." - Excerpt from the Introduction by Michael L. Chyet Preface by Deniz Ekici Introduction to Ferhenga Birûskî Review of Kurdish Dictionaries How to use the dictionary Abbreviations Abbreviations of Sources Used in Compiling this Dictionary Sources for Linguistic Comparison Place of Origin of Informants Calendar Systems Dictionary A to L

Kurdish Dialect Studies

Author : David Neil MacKenzie (iranisant).)
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 248 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (551 download)

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Download or read book Kurdish Dialect Studies written by David Neil MacKenzie (iranisant).) and published by . This book was released on 1961 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Kurdish Grammar

Author : Murat Baran
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 90 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (665 download)

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Download or read book Kurdish Grammar written by Murat Baran and published by . This book was released on 2020-07-17 with total page 90 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: You want to learn Kurmanji? KURDISH GRAMMAR makes it quite simple for you. It is directed at anyone who would like to learn the Kurmanji language - whether as a holiday-goer, culture- or language enthusiast, partner, student, or employee. The overview tables for grammar and important verbs help to learn quickly and easily - with or without prior knowledge. This in addition to conjugation formulas and many examples gives you the opportunity to actively learn Kurmanji and spare you from longwinded, boring explanatory texts! You can use this book as a resource for the first steps and whenever you get stuck.____________**CONTENTS**_Peculiarities of the Kurdish Language__The Kurmanji Alphabet__PRONOUNS__Personal Pronouns__Possessive Pronouns__Interrogative Pronouns__Demonstrative Pronouns__Reciprocal Pronoun__Reflexive Pronoun__Diminutive Affixes__Declension of Nouns__PRESENT TENSES__Simple Present Tense & Present Progressive Tense__Imperative__Hebûn / Nînbûn / Tin(e)bûn__Modal Verbs__Subjunctive Mood with Modal Verbs__Futuristic Present Tense__PAST TENSES__Simple Past Tense__Ergativity__Past Progressive Tense__Pluperfect Tense__Pesent Perfect Tense_ _FUTURE TENSES__Simple Future Tense __Future Perfect Tense__SUBJUNCTIVE MOOD_ _Conditonal Clauses__PASSIVE VOICE_ _CAUSATIVE FORM_ _ADVERBS__PREPOSITION AND CIRCUMPOSITION__ADJECTIVES_ _Comparative-Superlative__CONJUNCTIONS AND SUBORDINATE CLAUSES_ _STRUCTURE OF THE KURMANJI VERBS__NUMBERS__Writing of the Date__VERB STEMS_ ******In the SERKEFTIN! - series there are textbooks with numerous exercises available, allowing you to apply the grammar you have learned. Books for levels A1 to A2 are available through the author's page (click the author's name!).***You can find the alphabet on Youtube under "KURDISH GRAMMAR - KURMANJI Reference Book - Alphabet"***

The Languages and Linguistics of Western Asia

Author : Geoffrey Haig
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
ISBN 13 : 3110421682
Total Pages : 986 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (14 download)

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Download or read book The Languages and Linguistics of Western Asia written by Geoffrey Haig and published by Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG. This book was released on 2018-12-03 with total page 986 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.

Modern Arabic Sociolinguistics

Author : Abdulkafi Albirini
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317407067
Total Pages : 439 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (174 download)

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Download or read book Modern Arabic Sociolinguistics written by Abdulkafi Albirini and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2016-02-08 with total page 439 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Modern Arabic Sociolinguistics outlines and evaluates the major approaches and methods used in Arabic sociolinguistic research with respect to diglossia, codeswitching, language variation and attitudes and social identity. This book: outlines the main research findings in these core areas and relates them to a wide range of constructs, including social context, speech communities, prestige, power, language planning, gender and religion examines two emerging areas in Arabic sociolinguistic research, internet-mediated communication and heritage speakers, in relation to globalization, language dominance and interference and language loss and maintenance analyses the interplay between the various sociolinguistic aspects and examines the complex nature of the Arabic multidialectal, multinational, and multiethnic sociolinguistic situation. Based on the author’s recent fieldwork in several Arab countries this book is an essential resource for researchers and students of sociolinguistics, Arabic linguistics, and Arabic studies.

Kurds

Author : Mehrdad Izady
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
ISBN 13 : 1135844976
Total Pages : 296 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (358 download)

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Download or read book Kurds written by Mehrdad Izady and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2015-06-03 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First Published in 1993. Since before the dawn of recorded history the mountainous lands of the northern Middle East have been home to a distinct people whose cultural tradition is one of the most authentic and original in the world. Some vestiges of Kurdish life and culture can actually be traced back to burial rituals practiced over 50,000 years ago by people inhabiting the Shanidar Caves near Arbil in central Kurdistan. In this book, the author has tried to identify and delineate the heritage of the Kurds, now thoroughly submerged in the accepted and standard models for subdividing Middle Eastern civilization, none of which is designed to accommodate the stateless Kurds.