Essays about: "Damascus Arabic"

Found 2 essays containing the words Damascus Arabic.

1. 1. It was or it was not in the old days, until it was : – A study of time, tense, and aspect in spoken Arabic narrative

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för lingvistik och filologi

   Author : Tallmyren Ronja; [2023]
   Keywords : ;

   Abstract : This study is devoted to Arabic spoken narrative, specifically Syrian Arabic spoken narrative. The focus of this thesis is syntax and narrative. I aim to study how time reference is set in narrative, and what tense and aspect forms are used, as well as some other narrative devices in spoken narratives. READ MORE

3. 2. Conditional Constructions in Damascus Arabic : Form and meaning

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för lingvistik och filologi

   Author : Jenni Jalonen; [2017]
   Keywords : linguistics; semitic languages; Arabic; dialect; dialectology; Damascus; Damascus Arabic; conditionals; conditional constructions; lingvistik; semitiska språk; arabiska; konditionalsatser; dialektologi; dialekt; damaskus; damaskusarabiska;

   Abstract : This paper treats the relationship between form and meaning in conditional constructions in Damascus Arabic (DA). More specifically, it treats two, main formal categories of DA conditional constructions: the conditional marker and the verb morphology and, further, how these are related to various degrees of conditional hypotheticality. READ MORE