Encyclopedia of Arabic Language and Linguistics Online

Lutz Edzard, Ph.D. (1992), is professor of Semitic linguistics at the University of Oslo. He has published on issues in Arabic, Hebrew, and comparative Semitic linguistics, as well as on diplomatic documents in Semitic languages.

Rudolf E. de Jong, Ph.D. (1999), is a teacher of Arabic language and linguistics at the University of Amsterdam and Leiden University. He has published on dialectology of Arabic, including two volumes on the Bedouin dialects of the Sinai Desert (Leiden, 2000 and 2011).

Associate Editors:
Ramzi Baalbaki, American University of Beirut
James Dickins, University of Leeds
Mushira Eid, The University of Utah
Pierre Larcher, Aix-Marseille University
Janet Watson, University of Salford

Advisory Board:
Elabbas Benmamoun, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Clive Holes, University of Oxford
Alaa Elgibali, University of Maryland/i>
Paul Kiparsky, University of Stanford
Jérôme Lentin, INALCO, Paris
Jamal Ouhalla, University College Dublin
Jan Retsö, University of Gothenburg
Sabah Safi, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah
Kees Versteegh, University of Nijmegen
Enam al-Wer, University of Essex
Manfred Woidich, University of Amsterdam
Andrej Zaborksi, Cracow

An essential reference tool for students and researchers in the fields of Linguistics, Arabic Studies, Middle Eastern Studies, Islamic Studies, and related fields.

"The mere appearance of the Encyclopedia of Arabic Language and Linguistics (EALL) on the scene carries huge importance for linguists working with Arabic, but also for scholars from other disciplines like Islamic studies, Arabic literature, social sciences, as well as general linguists, whose research cross paths with Arabic linguistics....
The strength of the EALL as a reference tool is that it brings together notions and terms from different disciplines (classical grammatical theory, modern linguistic theory), and different eras (pre-classical, classical, modern). By weaving together a wide variety of terms, the end product achieves a degree of disciplinary integration that remains illusive for reference works limited to one theoretical framework....
The EALL lives up to its claim to offering a framework within which data on all varieties of Arabic and different types of analyses can be drawn together from different parts of the globe in order to improve the propagation of knowledge regarding one of the world's key languages....
Incorporated in the EALL are sketches of more than 40 dialects described according to a predetermined format, which allows the user to make quick cross-dialectical comparison."

Review on the Linguist List, 20 July 2010

"Rarely have I been so profoundly impressed by a work of collective scholarship, virtually beyond criticism in every respect. Contributions and editing alike are of exceptional quality, and its value embraces lay readers (who will find it readable, often amusing), serious students (who will make progress), and denizens of ivory towers (who will wish they had written part or whole). A brilliant contribution to knowledge, destined to be a benchmark for future research and popularisation. Recommended without reservation to all academic libraries. To quote the greetings article in Arabic: 'ahlan!, 'ahlan! -- H.G.A. Hughes, Reference Reviews 21/6 (2007)