Alexander Magidow
Biographic Data
| ID | 1443575 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Alexander Magidow |
| GIVEN NAMES | Alexander |
| FAMILY NAME | Magidow |
| SIGNATURE | MAGIDOW A |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Rhode Island |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-3856-1925 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 2 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 1 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 2 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1970 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2021 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
The Old and the New
Arabic historical dialectology has long been based on a historical methodology, one which seeks to link historical population movements with modern linguistic behavior. This article argues that a nexus of interrelated issues, centered around a general theme of "oldness," has impaired this work, and proposes basic principles to avoid the misinterpretation of linguistic data. This article argues that there is a strong tendency to essentialize the i…
Competing Pressures in Diglossia
This article investigates speaker choice of variant lexemes and structures when writing in formal Modern Standard Arabic, using a multiple-choice survey that was distributed to 28 native speakers of Damascene Arabic. The study finds that speakers tend to avoid elements that are common in their local colloquial dia-lect, even if they are attested and permissible in Modern Standard Arabic, what might be called “negative interference.” However, in s…
The Old and the New
Arabic historical dialectology has long been based on a historical methodology, one which seeks to link historical population movements with modern linguistic behavior. This article argues that a nexus of interrelated issues, centered around a general theme of "oldness," has impaired this work, and proposes basic principles to avoid the misinterpretation of linguistic data. This article argues that there is a strong tendency to essentialize the i…
Competing Pressures in Diglossia
This article investigates speaker choice of variant lexemes and structures when writing in formal Modern Standard Arabic, using a multiple-choice survey that was distributed to 28 native speakers of Damascene Arabic. The study finds that speakers tend to avoid elements that are common in their local colloquial dia-lect, even if they are attested and permissible in Modern Standard Arabic, what might be called “negative interference.” However, in s…
The Old and the New
Arabic historical dialectology has long been based on a historical methodology, one which seeks to link historical population movements with modern linguistic behavior. This article argues that a nexus of interrelated issues, centered around a general theme of "oldness," has impaired this work, and proposes basic principles to avoid the misinterpretation of linguistic data. This article argues that there is a strong tendency to essentialize the i…
Computer Science (2 works) · History (2 works) · Language, Linguistics, Cultural Analysis (2 works) · Linguistics (2 works) · Multilingual Education and Policy (2 works) · Philosophy (2 works) · Arabic (1 work) · Archaeology (1 work) · Comparative method (1 work) · Dialectology (1 work)