CONTENTS

pp.：  5 – 6

Acknowledgements

pp.：  7 – 8

Introduction

pp.：  9 – 12

Bibliography of Clive Holes

pp.：  13 – 18

Poem: On Your Sixtieth --- by Said Abu Athera

pp.：  19 – 20

TOPICS IN HISTORICAL LINGUISTICS

pp.：  21 – 80

Indeterminacy and the Comparative Method: Arabic as a Model for Understanding the History of Aramaic --- Jonathan Owens

pp.：  23 – 36

From qualtu to galat: Diachronic Notes on Linguistic Adaptation in Muslim Baghdad Arabic --- Heikki Palva

pp.：  37 – 60

The g/g~-question in Egyptian Arabic Revisited --- Manfred Woidich and Liesbeth Zack

pp.：  61 – 80

DESCRIPTIVE DIALECTOLOGY

pp.：  81 – 190

Words and Things --- Peter Behnstedt

pp.：  83 – 96

The Arabic Dialect of a Sawäwï Community of Northern Oman --- Domenyk Eades

pp.：  97 – 118

The Dialect of the Euphrates Bedouin, a Fringe Mesopotamian Dialect --- Bruce Ingham

pp.：  119 – 128

Quelques Données Sociolinguistiques sur l'Arabe Parlé à Damas à la Fin des Années Mille Neuf Cent Soixante-dix --- Jérôme Lentin

pp.：  129 – 190

CONTACT PHENOMENA

pp.：  191 – 220

Contact, Isolation, and Complexity in Arabic --- Peter Trudgill

pp.：  193 – 206

Loan Verbs in Arabic and the DO-construction --- Kees Versteegh

pp.：  207 – 220

SOCIAL DIALECTOLOGY

pp.：  221 – 290

When Najd Meets Hijaz: Dialect Contact in Jeddah --- Aziza Al-Essa

pp.：  223 – 242

"Big Bright Lights" Versus "Green and Pleasant Land"?: The Unhelpful Dichotomy of 'Urban' Versus 'Rural' in Dialectology --- David Britain

pp.：  243 – 268

The Variable (h) in Damascus: Analysis of a Stable Variable --- Hanadi Ismail

pp.：  269 – 290

CODE MIXING

pp.：  291 – 304

The Variety of Housewives and Cockroaches: Examining Code-choice in Advertisements in Egypt --- Reem Bassiouney

pp.：  293 – 304

Index

pp.：  305 – 318