How Arabic influenced Berber, and the typology of contact-induced change
How Arabic influenced Berber, and the typology of contact-induced change. NWO Vrije Competitie (2009-2013); project leader: Harry Stroomer
Project data
| Full title | How Arabic influenced Berber, and the typology of contact-induced change | |
| Duration | January 2009-December 2013 | |
| Nature | NWO Vrije Competitie | |
| Project leader | Harry Stroomer | |
| Project members | Maarten Kossmann (post-doctoral researcher)
Stanley Oomen (PhD-student) Khalid Mourigh (PhD-student) |
Project description
This project deals with the influence Arabic (esp. dialectal Arabic) has had on the Berber languages of Northern Africa. It will provide an analysis of the variation and lack there-of in contact-induced change under similar sociolinguistic and linguistic circumstances. The sub-projects involve a typology of language contact phenomena in Northern Berber (post-doctoral researcher), a description of heavily Arabicized Ghomara Berber (Northern Morocco, PhD) and a contrastive study of semantic structures in an Arabic and a Berber variety of North-Eastern Morocco (PhD).
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