Introductory readings

Abboud-Haggar, S. (2006) Dialects: genesis. In Versteegh, K., et al. (eds.) Encyclopedia of Arabic Language and Linguistics Vol. 1. Leiden – Boston – Cologne: Brill. 613-622.

Albirni, A. (2016). Modern Arabic sociolinguiscis. Diglossia, variation, codeswitching, attitudes and identity. London: Routledge.

Bassiouney, R. (2009). Arabic Sociolinguistics. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press.

Behnstedt, P. (2006) Dialect geography. In Versteegh, K., et al. (eds.) Encyclopedia of Arabic Language and Linguistics Vol. 1. Leiden – Boston – Cologne: Brill. 583-593.

Behnstedt, P., Woidich, M. (2011) Wortatlas der arabischen Dialekte. Lieden: Brill.

Brustad, K. (2000) The Syntax of Spoken Arabic: a comparative study of Moroccan, Egyptian, Syrian, and Kuwaiti Dialects. Washington: Georgetown University Press.

Holes, C. (1989) Gulf Arabic. London: Routledge.

Holes, C. (2004) Modern Arabic: Structures, Functions, Varieties (revised edition). London: Longman.

Kaye, A., Rosenhouse, J. (1997) Arabic Dialects and Maltese. In Hetzron, R. (ed.) The Semitic Languages. New York: Routledge. 263–311.

Owens, J. (2006) A Linguistic History of Arabic. Oxford: Oxford University Press.

Palva, H. (2006) Dialects: classification. In Versteegh, K., et al. (eds.) Encyclopedia of Arabic Language and Linguistics Vol. 1. Leiden – Boston – Cologne: Brill. 604-613.

Prochazka, T. (1988). Saudi Arabian dialects. London: Kegan Paul.

Rubin, A. D. (2008) The Subgrouping of the Semitic languages. In Language and Linguistics Compass 2/1. 79-102.

Rubin, A. D. (2010) Arabic. In: A brief introduction to the Semitic Languages. Piscataway, NJ: Gorgias. 10-13.

Versteegh, K. (2014) The Arabic Language (2^nd edition). Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press.

Versteegh, K. (1984) Pidginization and creolization: The case of Arabic. Amsterdam, Philadelphia: J. Benjamins.

Watson, J. (2002) Introduction. In The phonology and morphology of Arabic. Oxford: Oxford University Press. 1-12.

Watson, J. (2011) Arabic dialects. In Weninger, S. et al. (eds.) The Semitic Languages: an international handbook. Amsterdam: De Gruyter Mouton. 851–896.