Janet C E Watson
Biographic Data
| ID | 702933 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Janet C E Watson |
| GIVEN NAMES | Janet C E |
| FAMILY NAME | Watson |
| SIGNATURE | WATSON J C E |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Salford |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-2922-2964 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 19 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 16 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 19 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1990 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2017 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Gesture in Modern South Arabian languages: Variation in multimodal constructions during task-based interaction
Until fairly recently most linguistic fieldwork relied on written records of spoken data or audio-only recordings. The recent increase in research focusing on audio-visual data, with emphasis on the co-expressiveness of speech and gesture, has led to a greater understanding of the relationship between language, gesture and thought. In this paper, we discuss gesture and what it illuminates linguistically in two Modern South Arabian Languages: Mehr…
The Ancient Greekψιλά - δασέαDistinction as a Possible Source for themaǧhūr - mahmūsDistinction in Sībawayhi'sKitāb
This paper explores conceptual and descriptive parallels between the Ancient Greekψιλά-δασέαdistinction as found in the Peripatetic textDe Audibilibus, and thegˇahr-hamsdistinction in the medieval Arabic writings of Al-Ḫalīl (d. c.786 A.D.) and Sībawayhi (d. c.796 A.D.). In both cases there is a focus on the absence versus presence of audible breath, and a belief that audible breath is a cause of lack of clarity in speech. There is no historical …
Syllabification patterns in Arabic dialects: Long segments and mora sharing
In Classical Arabic and many modern Arabic dialects, syllables ending in VVC or in the left leg of a geminate have a special status. An examination of Kiparsky's (2003) semisyllable account of syllabification types and related phenomena in Arabic against a wider set of data shows that while this account explains much syllable-related variation, certain phenomena cannot be captured, and several dialects appear to exhibit conflicting syllable-relat…
Arabic morphology: Diminutive verbs and diminutive nouns in San'ani Arabic
Social Issues in Popular Yemeni Culture (Qadaya ijtimaaiyyatun fi l'adabi ssabii ilyamanii)
The Phonology And Morphology Of Arabic
This book is the first comprehensive account of the phonology and morphology of Arabic. It is a pioneering work of scholarship, based on the author's research in the region. Arabic is a Semitic language spoken by some 250 million people in an area stretching from Morocco in the West to parts of Iran in the East. Apart from its great intrinsic interest, the importance of the language for phonological and morphological theory lies, as the author sh…
Wasf Sana: Texts in Sanani Arabic
Standard Arabic: An Advanced Course
This course is designed for students who have completed a first-level course in Arabic and wish to pursue the subject to degree level. It aims to develop thoroughly the four basic language skills of reading, writing, speaking and listening, making extensive use of authentic Arabic materials. Each of the twenty chapters is based around a particular topic relating to the culture, history, politics, geography or society of the Arab Middle East, to g…
A: Reviews: general
THE CITADEL OF CAIRO: A NEW INTERPRETATION OF ROYAL MAMLUK ARCHITECTURE. By Nasser O. Rabbat. Leiden, New York and Köln, E.J. Brill, 1995. 339 pp., 32 Plates, 48 figs. THE MAMLUKS IN EGYPTIAN POLITICS AND SOCIETY. Edited by Thomas Philipp and Ulrich Haarmann. Cambridge, Cambridge Studies in Islamic Civilization, Cambridge University Press, 1998. xiv + 306 pp., illustrations, L35.00/$59.95. THE OTTOMAN TURKS: AN INTRODUCTORY HISTORY. By Justin McC…
A: Reviews: general
BETWEEN MARRIAGE AND THE MARKET: INTIMATE POLITICS AND SURVIVAL IN CAIRO. By Homa Hoodfar. Berkeley, Los Angeles, London, University of California Press, 1997. xviii, 302 pp
The Directionality of Emphasis Spread in Arabic
Many modern Arabic dialects exhibit asymmetries in the direction of emphasis (for most dialects, pharyngealization) spread. In a dialect of Yemeni Arabic, emphasis has two articulatory correlates, pharyngealization and labialization: within the phonological word, pharyngealization spreads predominantly leftward, and labialization spreads rightward, targeting short high vowels. Since asymmetries in the directionality of spread of a secondary featu…
A: Reviews: general
REVEALING THE HOLY LAND: THE PHOTOGRAPHIC EXPLORATION OF PALESTINE. By Kathleen Stewart Howe. Museum of Art, Santa Barbara, 1997. 144pp. $US 60 (hb), $US 29.95 (pb). THE EMERGENCE OF THE ‘ABBASID AUTOCRACY: THE ‘ABBASID ARMY, KHURASAN AND ADHARBAYJAN. By Fukuzo Amabe, Kyoto University Press, 1995 xi + 322pp. THE BUKHARANS: A DYNASTIC, DIPLOMATIC AND COMMERCIAL HISTORY, 1550–1702. By Audrey Burton. Richmond, Surrey, UK; Curzon Press, 1997; xxxvii …
Ṣbaḥtū! A Course in Ṣanʿānī Arabic
A: Reviews general
A HISTORY OF PALESTINE 634–1099. By Moshe Gil. Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 1992. 968 pp. ARABIC HISTORICAL THOUGHT IN THE CLASSICAL PERIOD. By Tarif Khalidi. Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 1994, xiii+250 pp. £35.00 (hb). THE HISTORY OF THE SAFFARIDS OF SISTAN AND THE MALIKS OF NIMRUZ (247/861 to 949/1542–3). By C. E. Bosworth. Costa Mesa, Mazda Publishers, 1994. 477 pp. $49.00. BADR AL‐DIN LU'LU’: ATABEG OF MOSUL, 1211–1259. By…
A Syntax of Sanʿānī Arabic
A. reviews: General
WARFARE IN THE LATIN EAST, 1192–1291. By CHRISTOPHER MARSHALL. (Cambridge Studies in Medieval Life and Thought, fourth series, 17.) Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 1992. xiv, 290pp. 7 figures, 9 plates. MINORITES RELIGIEUSES DANS L'ESPAGNE MEDIEVALE [ = Revue du Monde Musulman et de la Méditerranée, 63–4]. Aix‐en‐Provence, Edisud, 1992. 292 pp. 150FF. THE TRANSMISSION OF KNOWLEDGE IN MEDIEVAL CAIRO. By JONATHAN BERKEY. Princeton, Princeton…
C. Reviews: General
THE HISTORY OF AL‐TABARI. VOL. III: THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL. Translated by WILLIAM M. BRINNER. Albany, N.Y., SUNY Press, 1991. xii, 194 pp. $44.00 (hb), $14.95 (pb). THE HISTORY OF AL‐TABARI. VOL. XXXIII: STORM AND STRESS ALONG THE NORTHERN FRONTIERS OF THE ‘ABBASID CALIPHATE. Translated by C.E. BOSWORTH. Albany, N.Y., SUNY Press, 1991. xix, 239 pp. $57.50 (hb), $18.95 (pb). THE AWAKENING OF PERSIA: THE REIGN OF NASR AL‐DIN SHAH 1848–1896. By A.J.…
C. Reviews and notes bibliographies and works of reference
GRAMMAIRE ARABE A L'USAGE DES ELEVES DE L'ECOLE SPECIALE DES LANGUES ORIENTALES VIVANTES. By A. SILVESTRE de SACY. Paris 1831, reprinted Paris, Institut du Monde Arabe, [ca. 1987]. 2 vols. xxx, 608; 697pp. FF. 350.‐. LERNWORTSCHATZ ARABISCH. By INGELORE GOLDMANN‐MUTLAK. (Modernes Arabisch, eds. Wolfgang Reuschel and Günther Krahl.) Leipzig, Verlag Enzyklopädie, 1990. 315pp. DM40.‐. DICTIONARY OF POST‐CLASSICAL YEMENI ARABIC. By MOSHE PIAMENTA. Le…
C: Reviews and notes bibliographies and works of reference
WORLD DIRECTORY OF MINORITIES. Edited by MINORITY RIGHTS GROUP. (Longman International Reference.) London, Longman, [1989]. 427pp. £40. CONCORDANCE ET INDICES DE LA TRADITION MUSULMANE. Tome VII: INDICES. Edited by WIM RAVEN and JAN JUST WITKAM. Leiden, Brill, 1988. XV, 421pp. Hfl. 400.‐ ISLAMIC NAMES. By ANNEMARIE SCHIMMEL. (Islamic Surveys.) Edinburgh, Edinburgh University Press, 1989. xii, 137pp. £25. MORISCOS: REPERTORIO BIBLIOGRÁFICO. Compil…
The Directionality of Emphasis Spread in Arabic
Many modern Arabic dialects exhibit asymmetries in the direction of emphasis (for most dialects, pharyngealization) spread. In a dialect of Yemeni Arabic, emphasis has two articulatory correlates, pharyngealization and labialization: within the phonological word, pharyngealization spreads predominantly leftward, and labialization spreads rightward, targeting short high vowels. Since asymmetries in the directionality of spread of a secondary featu…
Arabic morphology: Diminutive verbs and diminutive nouns in San'ani Arabic
The Ancient Greekψιλά - δασέαDistinction as a Possible Source for themaǧhūr - mahmūsDistinction in Sībawayhi'sKitāb
This paper explores conceptual and descriptive parallels between the Ancient Greekψιλά-δασέαdistinction as found in the Peripatetic textDe Audibilibus, and thegˇahr-hamsdistinction in the medieval Arabic writings of Al-Ḫalīl (d. c.786 A.D.) and Sībawayhi (d. c.796 A.D.). In both cases there is a focus on the absence versus presence of audible breath, and a belief that audible breath is a cause of lack of clarity in speech. There is no historical …
C: Reviews and notes bibliographies and works of reference
WORLD DIRECTORY OF MINORITIES. Edited by MINORITY RIGHTS GROUP. (Longman International Reference.) London, Longman, [1989]. 427pp. £40. CONCORDANCE ET INDICES DE LA TRADITION MUSULMANE. Tome VII: INDICES. Edited by WIM RAVEN and JAN JUST WITKAM. Leiden, Brill, 1988. XV, 421pp. Hfl. 400.‐ ISLAMIC NAMES. By ANNEMARIE SCHIMMEL. (Islamic Surveys.) Edinburgh, Edinburgh University Press, 1989. xii, 137pp. £25. MORISCOS: REPERTORIO BIBLIOGRÁFICO. Compil…
C. Reviews and notes bibliographies and works of reference
GRAMMAIRE ARABE A L'USAGE DES ELEVES DE L'ECOLE SPECIALE DES LANGUES ORIENTALES VIVANTES. By A. SILVESTRE de SACY. Paris 1831, reprinted Paris, Institut du Monde Arabe, [ca. 1987]. 2 vols. xxx, 608; 697pp. FF. 350.‐. LERNWORTSCHATZ ARABISCH. By INGELORE GOLDMANN‐MUTLAK. (Modernes Arabisch, eds. Wolfgang Reuschel and Günther Krahl.) Leipzig, Verlag Enzyklopädie, 1990. 315pp. DM40.‐. DICTIONARY OF POST‐CLASSICAL YEMENI ARABIC. By MOSHE PIAMENTA. Le…
C. Reviews: General
THE HISTORY OF AL‐TABARI. VOL. III: THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL. Translated by WILLIAM M. BRINNER. Albany, N.Y., SUNY Press, 1991. xii, 194 pp. $44.00 (hb), $14.95 (pb). THE HISTORY OF AL‐TABARI. VOL. XXXIII: STORM AND STRESS ALONG THE NORTHERN FRONTIERS OF THE ‘ABBASID CALIPHATE. Translated by C.E. BOSWORTH. Albany, N.Y., SUNY Press, 1991. xix, 239 pp. $57.50 (hb), $18.95 (pb). THE AWAKENING OF PERSIA: THE REIGN OF NASR AL‐DIN SHAH 1848–1896. By A.J.…
A. reviews: General
WARFARE IN THE LATIN EAST, 1192–1291. By CHRISTOPHER MARSHALL. (Cambridge Studies in Medieval Life and Thought, fourth series, 17.) Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 1992. xiv, 290pp. 7 figures, 9 plates. MINORITES RELIGIEUSES DANS L'ESPAGNE MEDIEVALE [ = Revue du Monde Musulman et de la Méditerranée, 63–4]. Aix‐en‐Provence, Edisud, 1992. 292 pp. 150FF. THE TRANSMISSION OF KNOWLEDGE IN MEDIEVAL CAIRO. By JONATHAN BERKEY. Princeton, Princeton…
A: Reviews general
A HISTORY OF PALESTINE 634–1099. By Moshe Gil. Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 1992. 968 pp. ARABIC HISTORICAL THOUGHT IN THE CLASSICAL PERIOD. By Tarif Khalidi. Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 1994, xiii+250 pp. £35.00 (hb). THE HISTORY OF THE SAFFARIDS OF SISTAN AND THE MALIKS OF NIMRUZ (247/861 to 949/1542–3). By C. E. Bosworth. Costa Mesa, Mazda Publishers, 1994. 477 pp. $49.00. BADR AL‐DIN LU'LU’: ATABEG OF MOSUL, 1211–1259. By…
A Syntax of Sanʿānī Arabic
A: Reviews: general
REVEALING THE HOLY LAND: THE PHOTOGRAPHIC EXPLORATION OF PALESTINE. By Kathleen Stewart Howe. Museum of Art, Santa Barbara, 1997. 144pp. $US 60 (hb), $US 29.95 (pb). THE EMERGENCE OF THE ‘ABBASID AUTOCRACY: THE ‘ABBASID ARMY, KHURASAN AND ADHARBAYJAN. By Fukuzo Amabe, Kyoto University Press, 1995 xi + 322pp. THE BUKHARANS: A DYNASTIC, DIPLOMATIC AND COMMERCIAL HISTORY, 1550–1702. By Audrey Burton. Richmond, Surrey, UK; Curzon Press, 1997; xxxvii …
Ṣbaḥtū! A Course in Ṣanʿānī Arabic
A: Reviews: general
THE CITADEL OF CAIRO: A NEW INTERPRETATION OF ROYAL MAMLUK ARCHITECTURE. By Nasser O. Rabbat. Leiden, New York and Köln, E.J. Brill, 1995. 339 pp., 32 Plates, 48 figs. THE MAMLUKS IN EGYPTIAN POLITICS AND SOCIETY. Edited by Thomas Philipp and Ulrich Haarmann. Cambridge, Cambridge Studies in Islamic Civilization, Cambridge University Press, 1998. xiv + 306 pp., illustrations, L35.00/$59.95. THE OTTOMAN TURKS: AN INTRODUCTORY HISTORY. By Justin McC…
A: Reviews: general
BETWEEN MARRIAGE AND THE MARKET: INTIMATE POLITICS AND SURVIVAL IN CAIRO. By Homa Hoodfar. Berkeley, Los Angeles, London, University of California Press, 1997. xviii, 302 pp
The Directionality of Emphasis Spread in Arabic
Many modern Arabic dialects exhibit asymmetries in the direction of emphasis (for most dialects, pharyngealization) spread. In a dialect of Yemeni Arabic, emphasis has two articulatory correlates, pharyngealization and labialization: within the phonological word, pharyngealization spreads predominantly leftward, and labialization spreads rightward, targeting short high vowels. Since asymmetries in the directionality of spread of a secondary featu…
Standard Arabic: An Advanced Course
This course is designed for students who have completed a first-level course in Arabic and wish to pursue the subject to degree level. It aims to develop thoroughly the four basic language skills of reading, writing, speaking and listening, making extensive use of authentic Arabic materials. Each of the twenty chapters is based around a particular topic relating to the culture, history, politics, geography or society of the Arab Middle East, to g…
The Phonology And Morphology Of Arabic
This book is the first comprehensive account of the phonology and morphology of Arabic. It is a pioneering work of scholarship, based on the author's research in the region. Arabic is a Semitic language spoken by some 250 million people in an area stretching from Morocco in the West to parts of Iran in the East. Apart from its great intrinsic interest, the importance of the language for phonological and morphological theory lies, as the author sh…
Wasf Sana: Texts in Sanani Arabic
Social Issues in Popular Yemeni Culture (Qadaya ijtimaaiyyatun fi l'adabi ssabii ilyamanii)
Syllabification patterns in Arabic dialects: Long segments and mora sharing
In Classical Arabic and many modern Arabic dialects, syllables ending in VVC or in the left leg of a geminate have a special status. An examination of Kiparsky's (2003) semisyllable account of syllabification types and related phenomena in Arabic against a wider set of data shows that while this account explains much syllable-related variation, certain phenomena cannot be captured, and several dialects appear to exhibit conflicting syllable-relat…
Arabic morphology: Diminutive verbs and diminutive nouns in San'ani Arabic
The Ancient Greekψιλά - δασέαDistinction as a Possible Source for themaǧhūr - mahmūsDistinction in Sībawayhi'sKitāb
This paper explores conceptual and descriptive parallels between the Ancient Greekψιλά-δασέαdistinction as found in the Peripatetic textDe Audibilibus, and thegˇahr-hamsdistinction in the medieval Arabic writings of Al-Ḫalīl (d. c.786 A.D.) and Sībawayhi (d. c.796 A.D.). In both cases there is a focus on the absence versus presence of audible breath, and a belief that audible breath is a cause of lack of clarity in speech. There is no historical …
Gesture in Modern South Arabian languages: Variation in multimodal constructions during task-based interaction
Until fairly recently most linguistic fieldwork relied on written records of spoken data or audio-only recordings. The recent increase in research focusing on audio-visual data, with emphasis on the co-expressiveness of speech and gesture, has led to a greater understanding of the relationship between language, gesture and thought. In this paper, we discuss gesture and what it illuminates linguistically in two Modern South Arabian Languages: Mehr…
Philosophy (14 works) · History (13 works) · Linguistics (11 works) · Arabic (9 works) · Archaeology and Historical Studies (9 works) · Historical and Linguistic Studies (8 works) · Archaeology (6 works) · Islamic Studies and History (6 works) · Political science (6 works) · Ancient history (5 works)