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Bibliotheca Arabica. Towards a New History of Arabic Literature

• Germany
• Saxon Academy of Sciences and Humanities in Leipzig
• Collection
• Running

With its scope and diverse subject matter, Arabic literature is one of the richest in the world. Beginning in the 7th century CE, it blossomed within a civilization characterized by a vast network of cultural traditions and ties that were shaped by Islam. Like the Akkadian and Chinese literatures, Arabic literature is an ancient and erudite archive of knowledge. Until well into the 19th century,…

AGATE-ID: PR83

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Regionalsprache.de (REDE). Ein Forschungsprojekt zu den modernen Regionalsprachen des Deutschen

• Germany
• Academy of Sciences and Literature | Mainz
• Collection
• Running

The objective of the project is to remedy two of the most serious desiderata from the long history of the research of the German language:

1. The German dialects have been investigated intensively for 180 years (Schmeller 1821). For the “modern regional languages”, i.e. the linguistic variation areas, which present the spoken everyday language of most of the members of the linguistic community in…

AGATE-ID: PR255

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