Gulf Arabic – The Dialects of Kuwait, Bahrain, Qatar, UAE, and Oman pdf download

Gulf Arabic – The Dialects of Kuwait, Bahrain, Oatar, UAE, and Oman – Grammar, Dialogues, and Lexicon Habaka J. Feghali

GULF ARABIC – THE DIALECTS OF KUWAIT, BAHRAIN, QATAR, UAE, AND OMAN

Since the oil boom following World War Il, the Arabian Gulf states in general have undergone rapid social, political, and demographic changes in a very short time.

They have been experiencing fast-paced modernization in the past few decades as a result of the boom in the oil industry Nevertheless. the blend of the traditional with the modern has been preserved.

The Gulf people want industrial and technological progress: however, their societies do not welcome social changes that may conflict with the orthodox doctrine of Islam. The life of an individual from the Gulf region is greatly influenced by the norms and values of an ancient. conservative. and religious society.

The Arabic dialects described in this book are spoken in Kuwait, Bahrain. Qatar, United Arab Emirates. and Oman.

Certainly, these are not the only spoken varieties in these Gulf States because there are many other local speech variations in each of these countries. Although the dialects of the Gulf States are mutually intelligible, there are major linguistic differences among them.

Dialects differ from region to region, from village to village. and sometimes from family to family or even from speaker to speaker. Furthermore. the Gulf dialects differ from sect to sect. The user of this work will soon discover this fact.

The speaker in Selection 22 of this book eloquently describes some of these differences between the dialects of Qatar ………….

The Purpose of This Book

This book is intended for students who have already acquired some knowledge of MSA and who wish to acquire an intermediate to advanced level of knowledge of Gulf dialects.

The present volume, along with the previous one by the same author Gulf Arabic: The Dialects of Riyadh and Eastern Saudi Arabia Grammar, Dialogues, and Lexicon (2004). will satisfy the need that presently exists for authentic dialectal materials for the teaching and learning of Gult dialects as foreign languages.

They provide samples of a wide variety of material together with grammatical and lexical aids. These two volumes cover most of the major dialects of the Gulf. They may also be useful to Arabic dialectologists. Both volumes also contain English translations of all of the selections along with the recordings which will make them suitable for self-study.