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DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20240223T090000
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URL:https://www.arabamerica.com/events/redefining-arabic-new-approaches-to
 -the-study-of-arabics-past-and-present-2/
SUMMARY:Redefining Arabic: New Approaches to the Study of Arabic's Past and
  Present
DESCRIPTION:University of Texas.\n\nThe study of Arabic is characterized by
  certain classificatory terminology used to distinguish various kinds (usu
 ally called registers) of the Arabic language\, such as colloquial/dialect
 al Arabic (Arabic al-ʿāmiyyah) and Classical/Modern Standard Arabic (Ar
 abic al-fuṣḥā). This distinction is as old as the native Arabic gram
 matical tradition\, and this distinction serves as the bedrock of the scho
 larly framework within which scholars have worked until today. However\, m
 uch recent scholarly work on corpora ranging from pre-Islamic inscriptions
 \, medieval texts\, and modern dialects\, has demonstrated that this parad
 igm is problematic in many respects. For example\, pre-Islamic inscription
 s attest varieties of Arabic that are not like either Classical Arabic or 
 the modern dialects. Medieval texts written in non-Classical forms of Arab
 ic\, typically called 'Middle Arabic\,' strongly suggest the presence of p
 restigious varieties of Arabic other than Classical Arabic. And in fact\, 
 Classical Arabic itself is turning out to have evolved and\, depending on 
 time and place\, to have included many features not typically considered '
 standard' today. While each of these claims is by now rather uncontroversi
 al\, due to the unfortunately typical siloing of scholars working on diffe
 rent corpora from different time periods\, the degree to which the implica
 tions of these developments have been brought to bear on work in each is r
 ather minimal and haphazard.\n\n\n\nThis symposium brings together scholar
 s from a number of sub-fields\, working on corpora from all periods of Ara
 bic's attested history\, in order to bring the latest developments in each
  into conversation with each other. Special focus will be on questions sur
 rounding how the various corpora might be brought into conversation\, meth
 odological issues in comparing the varieties of Arabic on which each works
 \, and especially on the usefulness – or lack thereof – of the regnant
  terminology used in the field.\n\n\n\nAll are welcome to come and listen 
 in to what is sure to be a very interesting and fruitful set of conversati
 ons.\n\n
CATEGORIES:#arabic,Arab,Community,culture
LOCATION:The University of Texas at Austin\, The University of Texas at Aus
 tin\, Austin\, TX\, United States
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