A Grammar of the Bedouin Dialects of Central and Southern Sinai

Affiliated with the U. of Amsterdam and Leiden University, and general editor for the Encyclopedia of Arabic Language and Linguistics Online, among other activities, Jong is an arabist with a special interest in the dialects of Bedouin tribes. He has a passion to preserve these dialects in light of various factors (including tourism) that threaten their continuation. His previous book, published in 2000, documented the dialects of the northern Sinai, and the present work on the dialects of central and southern Sinai is a logical successor. Jong gathered linguistic data by spending multiple extended periods of time in the area, and for the documentation he applies a systematic method of analysis and comparison. The appendix comprises 70 pages of maps. Annotation c2011 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Rudolf E. de Jong, Ph.D. (1999) in Humanities, University of Amsterdam, is currently Guest Researcher at the University of Amsterdam, teaches Arabic at Leiden University, is co-General Editor for the Encyclopedia of Arabic Language and Linguistics Online and is Secretary of the Association Internationale de Dialectologie Arabe (AIDA). He has published A Grammar of the Bedouin Dialects of the Northern Sinai Littoral: Bridging the Linguistic Gap between the Eastern and Western Arab World (Brill: 2000), as well as several articles.