Hebrew and Aramaic Lexical Substrate of Palestinian Arabic

Project description

Identifying substrate words in Palestinian Arabic

Many traditional agricultural tools and practices in Palestinian Arabic are referred to by Hebrew and Aramaic substrate words. Identifying them is not always easy. Challenges relate to the difficulty presented when the supplanting and the supplanted languages are genetically related. Also, linguists need to gain a deep understanding of the traditional agricultural world. The EU-funded HALSPA project will focus on the case of Palestinian Arabic that is genetically related to Hebrew and Aramaic. It will identify and visualise words in Palestinian Arabic from a linguistic and ethno-material perspective. Applying a multidisciplinary method and solid criteria, the project will present an Etymological Dictionary containing some 100 roots organised alphabetically and an Annotated Pictorial Atlas organised by basic semantic fields of substrate words.

Fields of science

• humanities › languages and literature › linguistics

Programme(s)

• H2020-EU.1.3. - EXCELLENT SCIENCE - Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions Main Programme
• H2020-EU.1.3.2. - Nurturing excellence by means of cross-border and cross-sector mobility

Topic(s)

• MSCA-IF-2020 - Individual Fellowships

Call for proposal

H2020-MSCA-IF-2020

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Funding Scheme

MSCA-IF-EF-CAR - CAR – Career Restart panel

Coordinator

TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY

Net EU contribution

€ 278 196,48

Address

Ramat Aviv
69978 Tel Aviv
Israel

Activity type

Higher or Secondary Education Establishments

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Other funding

€ 0,00