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Save-the-Date | International Workshop Arabic sociolinguistics and dialectology : Taking stock, 10. – 11.07.2025
30.06.2025
The international workshop Arabic sociolinguistics and dialectology : Taking Stock will take place at the University of Bayreuth Campus (building GW1, room K5) on July 10-11, 2025.
- PROGRAM DAY 1: Thursday 10.07.2025Einklappen
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14:00 - 14:15 Opening
Valentina Serreli (Sapienza University of Rome) & Jonathan Owens (University of Bayreuth)
14:15 - 15:00
The Arabic dialects of northern Oman: some key features of the lexicon
Clive Holes (Magdalen College, Oxford)15:00 - 15:45
The emergence of the šāwi and (rural) gilit dialect areas in the light of historical sociolinguistics
Stephan Prochazka (University of Vienna)
Coffee Break
19:30 Social dinner
16:15 - 17:00
Exploring Arabic dialect relationships across Africa through dialectometry: Insights and limitations of this approach
Carolina Zucchi (University of Bayreuth)17:00 - 17:45
Morphosonority and indexical sociohistorical linguistics
Jonathan Owens (University of Bayreuth) and Ajid Lawan Saleh (University of Maiduguri)
- PROGRAM DAY 2: Friday 11.07.2025Einklappen
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09:00 - 10:00
Linguistic homogenisation and its effect on the loss and reconfiguration of traditional dialects
Enam Al-Wer (University of Essex)
Coffee Break
10:30 - 11:15
Short-term accommodation in a multilingual and multidialectal context, and the way forward
Valentina Serreli (Sapienza University of Rome)11:15 - 12:00
The Role of Migration and Displacement in the Life Course of an Arabic Variety: A Linguistic and Ideological Analysis of Variation in the Dialect of Arab al-Maslakh in Beirut (Karantina)
Ana Iriarte Díez (University of Vienna)
Lunch Break
13:30 - 14:15
Genitive markers and the Historical Development of Maghrebi Arabic dialects
Felipe Benjamin Francisco (University of Bayreuth)14:15 - 15:00
Bifurcation
Jonathan Owens (University of Bayreuth)
Coffee Break
15:30 - 16:30
Workshop session on CorpusCompass
Muhadj Adnan & Nicolò Brandizzi (Independent Researchers)
16:30 Closing