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Roots and patterns in Beja (Cushitic): the issue of language contact with Arabic
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In: Morphologies in contact ; https://halshs.archives-ouvertes.fr/halshs-00651067 ; Thomas Stolz, Martine Vanhove, Hitomi Otsuka & Aina Urdze. Morphologies in contact, Akademie Verlag, pp.323-338, 2011 (2011)
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A large part of the morphology of Beja, the sole language of the Northern branch of Cushitic (Afroasiatic), belongs to the root and pattern system. This system is typologically similar to the Semitic one (particularly robust in Arabic) and is also found to a lesser extent in two neighboring Cushitic languages, Afar and Saho, but not in any other Cushitic language. This paper reviews the different patterns of the Beja morphological system, and compares them with the systems of its main Semitic contact language (Arabic) and with other Cushitic languages (Afar and Saho). No clear case of borrowing, copying, or replication from dominant and prestigious Arabic could be found, but sociolinguistic and linguistic data favors an interpretation in terms of a convergence phenomenon. The paper argues that contact with Arabic was a strong factor for the preservation of a crosslinguistically uncommon system in a large part of the Beja morphology. It also argues that intensive language contact between genetically related languages may help to preserve a morphological system which otherwise would have disappeared as is the case in most other Cushitic languages.
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[SHS.LANGUE]Humanities and Social Sciences/Linguistics; Arabe; Arabic; bedja; Beja; contact de langues; couchitique; Cushitic; language contact; morphologie; morphology; pattern; racine; root; schème; Semitic; sémitique
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URL: https://halshs.archives-ouvertes.fr/halshs-00651067 https://halshs.archives-ouvertes.fr/halshs-00651067/file/Vanhove_contacts_Beja.pdf https://halshs.archives-ouvertes.fr/halshs-00651067/document
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Roots and patterns in Beja (Cushitic): the issue of language contact with Arabic
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In: Morphologies in contact ; https://halshs.archives-ouvertes.fr/halshs-00651067 ; Thomas Stolz, Martine Vanhove, Hitomi Otsuka & Aina Urdze. Morphologies in contact, Akademie Verlag, pp.323-338, 2011 (2011)
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Ḥaka na Dahālík
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In: Encyclopaedia Aethiopica, vol. 2. ; https://halshs.archives-ouvertes.fr/halshs-00647823 ; S. Uhlig et al.(eds). Encyclopaedia Aethiopica, vol. 2., Harrassowitz, pp.70-71, 2005 (2005)
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The Horn of Africa
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In: Encyclopedia of Arabic Language and Linguistics (EALL). Vol.1 ; https://halshs.archives-ouvertes.fr/halshs-00642995 ; K. Versteegh and O. Köndgen. Encyclopedia of Arabic Language and Linguistics (EALL). Vol.1, Brill, pp.268-275., 2005 (2005)
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Ḥaka na Dahālík
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In: Encyclopaedia Aethiopica, vol. 2. ; https://halshs.archives-ouvertes.fr/halshs-00647823 ; S. Uhlig et al.(eds). Encyclopaedia Aethiopica, vol. 2., Harrassowitz, pp.70-71, 2005 (2005)
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The Horn of Africa
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In: Encyclopedia of Arabic Language and Linguistics (EALL). Vol.1 ; https://halshs.archives-ouvertes.fr/halshs-00642995 ; K. Versteegh and O. Köndgen. Encyclopedia of Arabic Language and Linguistics (EALL). Vol.1, Brill, pp.268-275., 2005 (2005)
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Bilinguisme et alternance bedja-arabe au Soudan
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In: Ferrando, I. y Sánchez Sandoval, J. J. (eds.), AIDA 5th Conference Proceedings. Cádiz, September 2002 ; https://halshs.archives-ouvertes.fr/halshs-00009686 ; Ferrando, I. y Sánchez Sandoval, J. J. (eds.), AIDA 5th Conference Proceedings. Cádiz, September 2002, Mar 2003, Cádiz, Espagne. pp.131-142 (2003)
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Bilinguisme et alternance bedja-arabe au Soudan
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In: Ferrando, I. y Sánchez Sandoval, J. J. (eds.), AIDA 5th Conference Proceedings. Cádiz, September 2002 ; https://halshs.archives-ouvertes.fr/halshs-00009686 ; Ferrando, I. y Sánchez Sandoval, J. J. (eds.), AIDA 5th Conference Proceedings. Cádiz, September 2002, Mar 2003, Cádiz, Espagne. pp.131-142 (2003)
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De quelques traits préhilaliens en maltais
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In: Aguade, J., Cressier, P. et Vicente, A. (éds.), Peuplement et Arabisation au Maghreb Occidental (Dialectologie et Histoire) ; https://halshs.archives-ouvertes.fr/halshs-00009708 ; Aguade, J., Cressier, P. et Vicente, A. (éds.), Peuplement et Arabisation au Maghreb Occidental (Dialectologie et Histoire), Mar 1998, Madrid, Zaragoza, Espagne. pp.97-108 (1998)
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De quelques traits préhilaliens en maltais
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In: Aguade, J., Cressier, P. et Vicente, A. (éds.), Peuplement et Arabisation au Maghreb Occidental (Dialectologie et Histoire) ; https://halshs.archives-ouvertes.fr/halshs-00009708 ; Aguade, J., Cressier, P. et Vicente, A. (éds.), Peuplement et Arabisation au Maghreb Occidental (Dialectologie et Histoire), Mar 1998, Madrid, Zaragoza, Espagne. pp.97-108 (1998)
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