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urn:uuid:73e2a621-d3c6-486c-b58f-11dd1fe6d948 03 01 01 urn:uuid:73e2a621-d3c6-486c-b58f-11dd1fe6d948 15 9781800647244 06 10.11647/OBP.0298 00 EB E107 10 Creative Commons License 02 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ 10 01 02 14 Semitic Languages and Cultures 01 01 Diachronic Variation in the Omani Arabic Vernacular of the Al-ʿAwābī District From Carl Reinhardt (1894) to the Present Day 1 A01 21 0000-0002-5054-137X Roberta Morano First edition. 01 eng 00 304 03 B2 Cambridge Semitic Languages and Cultures 12 CFF 10 FOR002000 12 CFP 10 LAN009010 B2 Literature B2 Linguistics 01 06 03 00 In this monograph, Roberta Morano re-examines one of the foundational works of the Omani Arabic dialectology field, Carl Reinhardt’s Ein arabischer Dialekt gesprochen in ‘Oman und Zanzibar (1894). This German-authored work was prolific in shaping our knowledge of Omani Arabic during the twentieth century, until the 1980s when more recent linguistic studies on the Arabic varieties spoken in Oman began to appear. Motivated by an urgent need to expand and reinforce our understanding of Omani Arabic, the book provides a linguistic analysis of the Omani vernacular spoken in the al-ʿAwābī district (northern Oman), based on the speech of fifteen informants recruited throughout the area. It also provides a comparative analysis of the new data with that collected by Carl Reinhardt in 1894. This comparison enables the reader to appreciate the extent of diachronic linguistic variation in the region, and also sheds light on the threats that such variation poses to Omani-specific linguistic features. Organised in four chapters, the book presents a sociolinguistic analysis of the Omani linguistic landscape followed by an examination of the phonology, morphology, and syntax of the al-ʿAwābī vernacular. Each chapter contains primary data collected by the author in situ compared, when applicable, with Carl Reinhardt’s materials. The appendix includes two sample texts extrapolated from the recordings, fourteen proverbs and one traditional song. This study will be of interest to those working in the fields of Omani Arabic, historical and comparative linguistics, translation and interpretation, or those with an interest in how languages develop over time. 04 00 Table of Contents............................................................... v Acknowledgements.......................................................... vii Introduction....................................................................... 1 1.0. Transcription........................................................... 6 2.0. Glossing System ...................................................... 7 3.0. Abbreviations.......................................................... 8 Chapter 1: Oman, Cornerstone of Arabia......................... 11 1.0. A Brief History of the Sultanate ............................ 14 2.0. The Path to the Seventies: The Omani nahḍa and the Building of a New Nation................................ 18 3.0. Tribalism, Language, and Identity in Modern Oman ........................................................................... 24 4.0. Linguistic Landscape of Oman and the Arabian Peninsula...................................................................... 28 5.0. Bibliographical Sources on Omani Arabic............. 33 6.0. Carl Reinhardt (1894): Strengths and Weaknesses .................................................................. 39 7.0. The al-ʿAwābī District: In Geographical and Historical Perspective................................................... 44 8.0. Participants, Metadata, and Methodology............. 47 Chapter 2: Phonology ......................................................59 1.0. Consonants............................................................60 2.0. Vowels...................................................................65 3.0. Syllable Inventory .................................................74 4.0. CCC Cluster ...........................................................75 5.0. Stress.....................................................................76 Chapter 3: Morphology....................................................81 1.0. Nominal Morphology ............................................82 2.0. Verbal Morphology .............................................127 Chapter 4: Syntax ..........................................................159 1.0. Phrases................................................................161 2.0. Clauses ................................................................218 3.0. Negation..............................................................241 Conclusion .....................................................................253 References......................................................................259 Appendix........................................................................271 Sample Text 1.............................................................271 Sample Text 2.............................................................275 Proverbs .....................................................................279 A Traditional Song .....................................................283 Index..............................................................................285 20 00 Open Access Open Book Publishers 01 Open Book Publishers Cambridge, UK 04 01 20221013 2022 06 15 9781800647220 06 15 9781800647237 06 15 9781800647244 09 Open Book Publishers 02 Publisher's website: web shop https://www.openbookpublishers.com/books/10.11647/obp.0298 99 01 09 Open Book Publishers 29 Publisher's website: download the title https://books.openbookpublishers.com/10.11647/obp.0298.pdf 99 01