Dialect, culture, and society in eastern Arabia. Volume 2, Ethnographic texts / by Clive Holes.

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Cover -- Contents -- General Introduction -- Acknowledgements -- Volume II58; Ethnographic Texts -- Introduction58; texts and text types -- Map 1 and key -- Map 2 and key -- Index of Speakers and Texts -- Language Notes -- Abbreviations and Conventions -- References -- Chapter 158; Pearl Diving -- Texts -- Text 158; the daily routine -- Text 258; 39;the year of the sinking39; -- Text 358; jellyfish -- Text 458; ginn on the sea45;bed -- Text 558; the end of the tar353;a -- Boat45;builders39; jargon -- Proverbs -- Pearl diving in vernacular poetry58; munadarat il45;gos wa manabi39; in45;nift 39;The Debate of Pearl Diving and Oil Wells39; -- Chapter 258; Agriculture -- Texts -- Text 1 -- Text 2 -- Text 3 -- Text 4 -- Text 5 -- Text 6 -- Farming aphorisms -- Agriculture in vernacular poetry58; 39;Adari 39;39;Adhari39; -- Chapter 358; Communal Relations -- Texts -- Text 158; the 39;Battle of 39;Ali39; 40;I41; -- Text 258; the 39;Battle of 39;Ali39; 40;II41; -- Text 358; a bolt45;hole in Iraq -- Text 458; farming for the Sheikh -- Chapter 458; Marriage -- Texts -- Text 158; traditional weddings58; the city 40;I41; -- Text 258; traditional weddings58; the city 40;II41; -- Text 358; the matchmaker -- Text 458; traditional weddings8212;a village -- Text 558; taking the rough with the smooth -- Text 658; reflections of an old man -- Chapter 558; Domestic Life -- Texts -- Text 158; village reminiscences 40;I41; -- Text 258; village reminiscences 40;II41; -- Text 358; meals at home -- Text 458; illness and its treatment -- Text 558; peddlers -- Text 658; childbirth -- Text 758; everyday dress in Manama -- Text 858; everyday dress in a Baharna village -- Text 958; clothes for special occasions and jewellery -- Text 1058; ramadan -- Domestic life in vernacular poetry58; allah yigazik ya zaman 39;God punish you44; o time33;39; -- Chapter 658; Childhood -- 39;Id al45;39;Adha58; Hiyya Biyya8212;a children39;s 39;sacrifice39; ritual -- Text 1 -- Text 2 -- Ramadan58; Garga39;un 47; Greg353;on8212;a Gulf version of 39;trick or treat39; -- Text 3 -- Text 4 -- Koran school -- Text 5 -- Text 6 -- Text 7 -- Text 8 -- Text 9 -- Children39;s games -- Girls39; games -- Text 10 -- Text 11 -- Text 12 -- Text 13 -- Boys39; games -- Text 14 -- Chapter 758; Work -- Texts -- Text 158; when BAPCO first opened -- Text 258; a misunderstanding -- Text 358; a good boss -- Text 458; stone45;cutting8212;a shipwreck -- Text 558; coastal fishing -- Text 658; working for the Water Board -- Chapter 858; Sawalif -- Texts -- Text 158; village fires -- Text 258; a poem and its meaning -- Text 358; riddles and jokes -- Text 458; religious obligations and social mores -- Appendices -- 1A Hull shapes of pearling boats -- 1B Boat parts -- 1C Sails44; masts44; and rigging -- Addenda and Corrigenda to Vol I -- Last Page.

"Dialect, Culture and Society in Eastern Arabia" is a three-volume study of the Arabic dialects spoken in Bahrain by its older generation in the mid 1970s, and the socio-cultural factors that produced them. Volume I: Glossary, published in 2001, lists all the dialectal vocabulary, with extensive contextual exemplification, and cross-referenced to other lexica, which occurred in the complete set of texts recorded during fieldwork. Volume II: Ethnographic Texts presents a selection of these texts, transcribed, annotated and translated, and with detailed background essays, covering major aspects of the pre-oil culture of the Gulf and the initial stages of the transition to the modern era: pearl diving, agriculture, communal relations, marriage, childhood, domestic life, work. Excerpts from local dialect poems concerned with these subjects are also included. Volume III will comprise a detailed study of the linguistic structure of the dialects in their regional context

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