TY - GEN T1 - The Arabic influence on Northern Berber T2 - Studies in Semitic languages and linguistics ; A1 - Kossmann, Maarten G. LA - English PP - Leiden ; Boston PB - Brill YR - 2013 UL - https://ebooks.jgu.edu.in/Record/ebsco_acadsubs_ocn858861608 AB - "The Arabic Influence on Northern Berber provides an overview of the effects of language contact on a wide array of Berber languages spoken in the Maghrib. These languages have undergone important changes in their lexicon, phonology, morphology, and syntax as a result of over a thousand years of Arabic influence. The social situation of Berber-Arabic language contact is similar all over the region: Berber speakers introducing Arabic features into their language, with only little language shift going on. Moreover, the typological profile of the different Berber varieties is relatively homogenous. The comparison of contact-induced change in Berber therefore adds up to a study in typological variation of contact influence under very similar linguistic and social conditions."--Provided by publisher OP - 461 CN - PJ2369.A58 K67 2013eb SN - 9789004253094 SN - 9004253092 SN - 1299808263 SN - 9781299808263 SN - 9789004253087 SN - 9004253084 KW - Berber languages : Foreign elements : Arabic. KW - Arabic language : Influence on Berber. KW - Languages in contact : Africa, North. KW - Langues en contact : Afrique du Nord. KW - Arabe (Langue) : Influence sur le berbère. KW - FOREIGN LANGUAGE STUDY : African Languages. KW - Berber languages : Foreign elements : Arabic KW - Arabic language : Influence on Berber KW - Languages in contact KW - North Africa KW - Berbersprachen KW - Sprachkontakt KW - Arabisch KW - Entlehnung KW - Nordafrika KW - Electronic book. ER -