A critical and comparative study of the dialectal speech of the Ghawarna community in the Jordan Valley in Jordan
The present study deals with the spoken dialect of the Ghawarneh community, who inhabit the Jordan Valley in the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, as well as presenting data concerning their history, social organization and certain of their customs. The thesis first considers the geographical location, social organization, and reputed origins of this community, and describes certain elements in their traditional way of life (customs connected with circumcision,death,marriage, etc.). It next turns to the language aspect, and offers a description of Ghawarneh speech under the headings of phonology,morphology,lexis and syntax. The dialect is thereafter compared to the neighbouring dialects of townsfolk, country people,and bedouin on the Western and Eastern side of the river Jordan, and also with Syro-Mesopotamian dialects, and the dialect of North Arabian desert tribes. This again is done under the headings of phonology, morphology and lexis, though syntax has to be omitted from the discussion for lack of suitable comparative documentation. It is found that, while Al-Ghor dialect possesses features in the realisation of the definite article /-al/, which differ from the rest of the neighbouring dialects it has otherwise
Bani Yasin, Raslan Ahmed M. El-Kayed
A critical and comparative study of the dialectal speech of the Ghawarna community in the Jordan Valley in Jordan. The present study deals with the spoken dialect of the Ghawarneh community, who inhabit the Jordan Valley in the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, as well as presenting data concerning their history, social organization and certain of their customs. The thesis first considers the geographical location, social organization, and reputed origins of this community, and describes certain elements in their traditional way of life (customs connected with circumcision,death,marriage, etc.). It next turns to the language aspect, and offers a description of Ghawarneh speech under the headings of phonology,morphology,lexis and syntax. The dialect is thereafter compared to the neighbouring dialects of townsfolk, country people,and bedouin on the Western and Eastern side of the river Jordan, and also with Syro-Mesopotamian dialects, and the dialect of North Arabian desert tribes. This again is done under the headings of phonology, morphology and lexis, though syntax has to be omitted from the discussion for lack of suitable comparative documentation. It is found that, while Al-Ghor dialect possesses features in the realisation of the definite article /-al/, which differ from the rest of the neighbouring dialects it has otherwise
critical comparative_study dialectal speech community jordan valley jordan present_study deal speak dialect community_inhabit jordan valley kingdom jordan well present data concern history social_organization certain custom first_considers geographical_location social_organization repute origin community describe certain_element traditional way_life custom connect death marriage etc next_turn language aspect offer_description speech heading phonology_morphology lexis syntax dialect thereafter compare neighbouring dialect country people western_eastern side river jordan also mesopotamian dialect dialect north desert tribe heading phonology_morphology lexis though syntax omit discussion lack suitable comparative documentation find dialect possess feature realisation definite_article differ rest neighbour dialect otherwise