Mehri-Texte aus der jemenitisches Sarqiyah
by Alexander Sima, adapted by Werner Arnold
Hardback (Published)
(July 2009)
ISBN: 9783447059473
6.89 x 9.65 inches
Price: $82.00
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Im September 2004 verstarb Alexander Sima bei einem Autounfall im Jemen. Er hinterliess seine unbeendigte Habilitation uber die Phonologie und die Morphologie von Mahriyot, der Dialektgruppe des Mehri, die im ostlichen Yemen gesprochen wird und eine Anzahl von mundlichen Texten, von denen 110 in diesem Buch enthalten sind. Das Buch ist in zwei Abschnitte gegliedert: im ersten sind Texte des Standard Mahriyot-Dialektes von Jodab, im zweiten des Nachbardialektes von Rehan enthalten. Das Buch ist aus zwei Grunden von besonderem Interesse: Auf der einen Seite ist es das bislang einzige Werke, das einen signifikantenTextkorpus von Mehritexten der jemenitischen ?arqiyah enthalt und damit den Vergleich zu den westlichen Mehritexten erlaubt, die Anfang des 20. Jahrhunderts von der Wiener Sudarabien Expedition gesammelt wurden, und mit denen von Johnstone, die von Stroomer im Jahre 1999 veroffentlicht wurden. Auf der anderen Seite enthalt es einen Schatz von Texten uber die einheimische Kultur (Fischen, traditionelleMedizin, Landwirtschaft, Tierhaltung, Stammesgesetzgebung u. a.) , die von der Dominanz des Arabischenuntergraben wird und bald aus dem kollektiven Gedachtnis verschwunden sein wird.In September 2004, Alexander Sima was killed in a car accident in Yemen. He left behind his unfinished Habilitation on the phonology and morphology of Mahriyot, the Mehri dialect group of the eastern province of Yemen, and a set of oral texts. This volume, which is divided into two parts, includes 110 of these texts. Part one deals with texts in the standard Mahriyo-t dialect of Jodab, part two with texts from the neighbouring dialect of Rehan. This work is of particular importance for two reasons. First, it is the only work so far to include of a significant body of Mehri texts from the Yemeni Sarqiya, permitting a comparison with both the western Mehri texts published in the early twentieth century by members of the Viennese South Arabian Expedition, and with Johnstone’s Omani Mehri texts published by Stroomer in 1999. Secondly, many of the texts deal with aspects and recollections of the indigenous culture, including fishing methods, traditional medicine, agriculture and animal husbandry, clothing and jewellery, tribal law, and food preparation, which are rapidly being eroded by increasing communication, education and the dominance of Arabic, and which will soon disappear from the collective memory.
- By (author) Alexander Sima
- Adapted by Werner Arnold
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