The aim of this study is to make a list of accurate equivalents between Turkish and Arabic in order to help Arabic-speaking students learn Turkish as a second language, and offer teachers a guide to categorize and teach these lists. Equivalence between the different dialects of Turkish has been studied intensively by linguists. However, a review…

Discusses the terms "regional,""dialectal,""semidialectal,""non-dialectal ," and "a-dialectal." Makes suggestions for new definitions for these terms. (EKN)

THIS DICTIONARY OF IRAQI ARABIC IS BASED, IN FORMAT, ON THE ENGLISH-GERMAN SECTION OF THE BILINGUAL GERMAN AND ENGLISH "DICTIONARY OF EVERYDAY USAGE," PUBLISHED BY HENRY HOLT AND COMPANY. THE AIM OF THIS WORK HAS BEEN TO PRESENT, FOR THE FIRST TIME, A DICTIONARY FOR ENGLISH SPEAKERS CONTAINING THE BASIC VOCABULARY OF THE IRAQI DIALECT.…

THE ENGLISH ENTRIES IN THIS DICTIONARY OF MOROCCAN ARABIC ARE BASED ON THE ENGLISH-GERMAN SECTION OF THE BILINGUAL GERMAN AND ENGLISH "DICTIONARY OF EVERYDAY USAGE," PUBLISHED BY HENRY HOLT AND COMPANY. A NUMBER OF CHANGES WERE NECESSARY, BOTH IN FORM AND CONTENT, TO MEET THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE DIFFERENCES BETWEEN AMERICAN AND MOROCCAN…

THIS DICTIONARY IS BASED ON THE DIALECT OF DAMASCUS, AS SPOKEN BY EDUCATED MUSLIMS. DAMASCUS OCCUPIES A CENTRAL POSITION IN MORE THAN THE OBVIOUS GEOGRAPHICAL SENSE. THE CITY IS A MAJOR ADMINISTRATIVE CENTER OF THE AREA AND, HISTORICALLY, AN IMPORTANT SEAT OF ISLAMIC CULTURE AND LEARNING. A NUMBER OF POLITICAL, SOCIOLOGICAL, AND GEOGRAPHICAL…

Paraguayan Spanish differs from standard Spanish in a number of lexical and phonological points; several of these are explicated here. (CK)

THIS BOOK CONSISTS OF TWO MAJOR PARTS, LESSONS AND DIALOGS. BOTH THE LESSONS AND THE DIALOGS ARE ACCOMPANIED THROUGHOUT WITH ENGLISH TRANSLATIONS. PRELIMINARY MATERIAL ON PRONUNCIATION, WITH DRILLS, PRECEDES THE LESSONS. APPENDED TO THE LESSONS ARE A GLOSSARY AND AN INDEX OF GRAMMATICAL POINTS COVERED. EACH LESSON CONSISTS OF FOUR PARTS--(1) TEXT,…

Revised version of a paper presented at the Northwest Anthropological Conference, Corvallis, Oregon, March 1970. (DD)

Sketches the history of the Scots language and the political and social history of Scotland, following with a description of the dialect, including its differences from standard English in phonology and vocabulary, and in the area of sociolinguistics. Some thoughts about the possible future of the dialect are added. (IFS/WGA)

Research supported by the Princeton University Council on Research, the Duke University Research Council, the Duke Endowment Fellowship Fund, and the Penrose Fund of the American Philosophical Society. (DD)

Discusses the use of Tirilongo,'' an informal code of Southwest Spanish in the Ysleta area of El Paso, Texas. (DS)

TESTS TO DETERMINE SPOKEN EQUIVALENTS OF ENGLISH CONCEPTS USED IN INTERVIEWS WITH FRANCO-AMERICANS OF FRENCH-CANADIAN DESCENT ARE PRESENTED. THEY INCLUDE A PRELIMINARY CLASSIFICATION TEST, A VOCABULARY TEST, AND A PHONETICS TEST. THE INTERVIEWS WERE DESIGNED TO ILLUSTRATE THE CHIEF FEATURES OF THE FRENCH SPOKEN BY NEW ENGLAND FRANCO-AMERICANS AND…

The first version of this Compilation was prepared in 1951 as a convenience to American scholars and others planning surveys of dialects of English who wished to know the kinds of questions that had proved useful for providing comparable data on pronunciation, grammar, vocabulary and meanings. It was also intended to be a reference work to…

Special issue on French dialects. (RL)

Research supported by the Ford Foundation and the American Association of University Women. (DD)