Jewish Life in Arabic Language and Jerusalem Arabic in Communal Perspective: A Lexico-Semantic Study

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This volume deals with Judaeo-Jerusalem Arabic affected by Jewish socio-religious life, its interrelatedness with non-Jewish Jerusalem Arabic, and its erosion by youths through replacement by Hebrew. The socio-religious life of the Jewish community is first introduced, followed by descriptions of socio-linguistic processes of both dialect varieties, of integrating and discharging foreign borrowings, of lexico-semantic concord and contrast between both dialect varieties, of varieties relating to relative status of interlocutors, and of deteriorating Judaeo-Jerusalem Arabic replaced by modern Hebrew. A dictionary-like Arabic and Hebrew index ends the book. The diachronic and synchronic analyses and description of intricate and interrelated lexico-semantic communal dialectal varieties of Arabic and Hebrew in present-day Jerusalem is a most challenging linguistic achievement hopefully won here. JEWISH LIFE IN ARABIC LANGUAGE AND JERUSALEM ARABIC IN COMMUNAL PERSPECTIVE CONTENTS List of Transcription Signs Abbreviations Preface Introduction A. WALKS OF LIFE OF THE SPEAKER OF JUDAEO-JERUSALEM ARABIC Chapter One Love and Reverence for God: Prayer 1. Love and Reverence for God 2. The Names of God 3. Sanctification, Consecration, and Praise of God 4. Prayer 5. Sacred Books God’s Presence 6. The Synagogue The Congregation 7. Reading the Torah Jewish Liturgy Chapter Two halăxā and məṣvōt 8. Jewish Law God’s Commandments 9. Sanctity of the Jew Dietary Laws 10. Blessings Chapter Three The Sabbath 11. The Jewish Sabbath throughout Chapter Four The Calendar Cycle of Jewish Holidays 12. Celebrating Jewish Holidays 13. The Days of Penitence and Awe 14. Major Festivals The Feast of Tabernacles 15. Passover 16. Pentecost 17. Post-Biblical Holidays 18. Fast Days Chapter Five The Life Cycle 19. Birth Coming of Age Marriage Divorce Death B. LEXICO-SEMANTICS OF THE ARABIC DIALECT OF JERUSALEM Chapter Six References and Referents 20. Synopsis: The Hebrew Substratum in JJ The Ladino Element in JJ The Impact of Foreign Loanwords on JJ and J Loanwords in JJ and J Surveyed Loanword Sources Substituting Arabic Neologisms in J for Foreign Loanwords Deterioration of JJ to -JJ Reflexed by Modern Hebrew Chapter Seven Semantic Reality: The Traditional H.r. in JJ 21. Filling Voids in JJ/J in Religious Contexts by H.r. 22.Merging and Integrating H.r. Loanwords and Loan Translations in JJ Portmanteau Morphemes and their Referents Divergence of JJ Verbs from J in Grammatical Structure Emotive Load 23. Inference of Referents from References of JJ and J Vernaculars in Contact—Religion and Culture Bound 24. Inference of Referents from References of JJ and J Vernaculars in Contact—Secular Chapter Eight Emotive Exclamations 25. Emotive Exclamations 26. Conferring with Demons Chapter Nine Taboo Terms 27. Relating to God and Jewish Faith to an Intruder to Death to Diseases Euphemisms for Old Age 28. Vulgarisms and Taboo Terms Sexual Organs The Sexual Act Prostitution Impure Excretions the Toilet Vulgarisms Chapter Ten Hyperbole 29. Exaggerating Feelings and Emotions Rage Exasperation Fear Alarm Joy Love Desire Relish Shame Disgrace Annoyance Friendship Oath of Divorce Laughter Pain Shuddering from Extreme Coldness Emotional Coldness Physical Exhaustion Expressing Break-down; Other Exaggerations: Leading to Extremes in Names and Adjectives Utter Poverty Intensity Abundance Total Denial in Time in Space in Quantity in Emphasis C. JUDAEO-JERUSALEM ARABIC AND JERUSALEM ARABIC IN CONCORD AND CONTRAST SUBJECT DIVISION Chapter Eleven JJ and J in Concord and Contrast 30. Intercourse General Affections Sympathetic Affections Moral Affections Personal Affections Individual Volition Personal Dissociation Inter-personal Communication 31. The House and its Contents 32. Foods and Refreshments 33. Dress and Footwear 34. Health 35. Occupations 36. Entertainment 37. Arts and Crafts 38. Traffic and Communication Wireless Oral and Written Formalization Documents 39. Nature Organic: Flora and Fauna Inorganic Chapter Twelve Register—A Multilateral Semantic Factor in Jerusalem Arabic Speech 40. Register Classified 41. Bad Style Filling Voids of J with Hebrew Words Using Hebrew Terms for accruing aspects of Life Choosing Wrong Allosemes of Ambiguous Hebrew Words for J Incompatible Loan Translations from Hebrew Queer Improvised Fabrications Paraphrasing Emendation in J of Hebrew Aberrations Explicating in J while Slipping away Hebrew Words Concluding in Hebrew -JJ Arabic Sentences Using Homophonic Hebrew Words out of Place 42. JJ Speakers Relinquishing JJ for J 43. Conclusion Dictionary-Index About the Dictionary-Index Arabic Section (A.) Hebrew Section (H.) Bibliography STUDIES IN SEMITIC LANGUAGES AND LINGUISTICS