Every two years, scholars from all over the world gather at the conference of the International Association of Arabic Dialectology (Association Internationale de Dialectologie Arabe, AIDA – الرابطة الدولية لدراسة اللهجات العربية) for a mutual exchange about Arabic Dialectology’s different issues.
This year Veronika presents TUNOCENT! Explaining her project as a first attempt to linguistically illuminate a part of Tunisia, which has long remained understudied, she is bringing conference delegates up to speed with the investigation. As the field of Arabic Dialectology covers, amongst other things, the description of dialects, dialectal geography, specific aspects of phonology, morphology and syntax, code-switching, the lexicon of Arabic dialects as well as comparative and diachronic studies and sociolinguistics, the TUNOCENT project has plenty of areas to explore. The international community of scholars is listening to Veronika’s presentation attentively.
