Theophoric Formulae in Spoken Arabic(s). A Trigger for Grammaticalization
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 21293328 |
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| Authors | Cristiana Bozza (University of Bergamo), Giuliano Mion (0000-0002-5504-2967, Department of Literature, Languages and Cultural Heritage , 3111 University of Cagliari , Via San Giorgio 12, 09124 , Cagliari , Italy) |
| Year | 2026 |
| Volume | 79 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 823-842 |
| Publication date | 2026-01-29 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Asiatische Studien – Études Asiatiques (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0004-4717 • E-ISSN: 2235-5871 |
| Publisher | Walter de Gruyter GmbH (PUBLISHER • DE) |
| DOI | 10.1515/asia-2025-0043 |
| OpenAlex | W4417428657 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 17 |
This paper aims at analyzing a series of religious expressions typical of Arabic and related to what some scholars recently called Allāh-Lexicon. By assuming that these items constitute a lexical reflection of the self-representation of the speaker’s cultural identity, we can observe that their contextual extension and frequency of use are so high that they end up pervading deeply all varieties of spoken Arabic not only at the lexical level, but also at the pragmatic level. Is it therefore conceivable that precisely the extension of the context and the increase in frequency of use have also triggered processes of grammatical change
Arabic · Component (thermodynamics) · Context (archaeology) · Extension (predicate logic) · Reflection (computer programming) · Islamic Studies and History · Language, Linguistics, Cultural Analysis · Medieval and Classical Philosophy
| Highly cited | No |
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