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B. Hunter Smeaton, Lexical Expansion due to Technical Change as Illustrated by the Arabic of Al Hasa, Saudi Arabia. Indiana University Publications, Language Science Monographs, Vol. 10 (Indiana University, 1973). Pp. 190.

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 January 2009

Alan S. Kaye
Alan S. Kaye
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California State University Fullerton
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International Journal of Middle East Studies , Volume 8 , Issue 4 , October 1977 , pp. 565 - 567
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References

1 This term is misleading; one must speak of all colloquials (say, sedentary ones) with caution since not all colloquials have been investigated. It is meaningful only as an impression-istic term.

2 Johnstone, T. M., Eastern Arabian Dialect Stadies, London Oriental Series, vol. 17 (London: Oxford University Press, 1967), pp. 9–11.Google Scholar

3 Cf. ibid., p. xx, and idem., “The sound change j > y in the Arabic dialects of peninsular Arabia,” Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies, 28, 2 (1965), 233–241, for the details.+y+in+the+Arabic+dialects+of+peninsular+Arabia,”+Bulletin+of+the+School+of+Oriental+and+African+Studies,+28,+2+(1965),+233–241,+for+the+details.>Google Scholar

4 Especially Weinreich, U., Languages in Contact (New York: Linguistic Circle of New York, 1953)Google Scholar. His influence is obvious throughout the work, and it must be kept in mind that he was the chairman of the dissertation committee.

5 See Kaye, Alan S., “Modern standard Arabic and the colloquials,” Lingua, 24, 4 (1970), 374–412.CrossRefGoogle Scholar

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7 “Some problems in the description of Arabic,” Word, 12 (1956), 357–68.Google Scholar

8 See Kaye, Alan S., “Arabic /žiim/: a synchronic and diachronic study,” Linguistics, 79 (1972), 31–72.Google Scholar

9 Gairdner, W. H. T., The Phonetics of Arabic (London: Oxford University Press, 1925).Google Scholar

10 Johnstone, , Eastern Arabian Dialect Studies, p.58.Google Scholar

11 Ibid., p. 56 n. 3.

12 Ibid., pp. 55–58.

13 Ibid., pp. 55 n. 1.