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urn:uuid:db3a8d31-b2eb-4612-aed9-9075d6d93558 03 01 01 urn:uuid:db3a8d31-b2eb-4612-aed9-9075d6d93558 15 9781805112532 06 10.11647/OBP.0394 00 EB E107 10 Creative Commons License 02 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ 01 01 A Grammar of the Jewish Arabic Dialect of Gabes 1 A01 21 0000-0003-2577-6553 Wiktor Gębski 01 eng 00 528 03 B2 Cambridge Semitic Languages and Cultures 12 CF 93 CF 10 LAN009010 04 PJ5079.5.G33 20 Spoken Arabic dialect in Northern Africa 12 CFF 93 CFF 20 Jews of Gabes, Tunisia 10 LAN006000 B2 Linguistics 12 CFFD 93 CFK 10 HIS022000 20 Linguistics 93 CFFD 12 CFK 10 HIS026010 20 Judaeo-Arabic 12 JFSR1 20 Northern African dialects 93 QRJ 12 2CSR 93 2CSR 20 Linguistic preservation 20 Linguistic extinction 03 00 This volume undertakes a linguistic exploration of the endangered Arabic dialect spoken by the Jews of Gabes, a coastal city situated in Southern Tunisia. Belonging to the category of sedentary North African dialects, this variety is now spoken by a dwindling number of native speakers, primarily in Israel and France. Given the imminent extinction faced by many modern varieties of Judaeo-Arabic, including Jewish Gabes, the study's primary goal is to document and describe its linguistic nuances while reliable speakers are still accessible. Data for this comprehensive study were collected during fieldwork in Israel and France between December 2018 and March 2022. The volume's primary objective is a meticulous comparative analysis of Jewish Gabes, with a special emphasis on syntax, aiming to discern unique linguistic features through comparison with other North African dialects. The results of the study suggest that the Jewish dialect of Gabes emerged in the first wave of the Arab conquest of the Maghreb, thus exhibiting features that set it apart from its Muslim counterpart. This old variety therefore has the potential to provide invaluable information on the formation of Maghrebi Arabic and the mechanisms of language contact in the pre-Islamic Maghreb. The volume is organised in three main sections: phonology, morphology, and syntax, with the syntax section adopting historical and typological perspectives to shed light on this linguistic terra incognita. 04 00 Preface List of Tables and Figures Abbreviations and Symbols 1. Introduction Part I: Phonology 2. Phonology Part II: Morphology 3. Verbal Morphology 4. Nominal Morphology Part III: Diachronic and Comparative Studies in Syntax 5. Syntax of Nouns 6. Syntax of Verbs and Clauses 7. Syntax of Pronouns 8. Conclusion Appendix: A Corpus of Selected Narratives Quoted in the Volume Bibliography Index 20 00 Open Access Open Book Publishers 01 Open Book Publishers Cambridge, UK 04 01 20240415 13 15 9781805112525 09 Open Book Publishers 02 Publisher's website: web shop https://www.openbookpublishers.com/books/10.11647/OBP.0394 99 01 09 Open Book Publishers 29 Publisher's website: download the title https://books.openbookpublishers.com/10.11647/obp.0394.pdf 99 01