The International Association of Arabic Dialectology (french: Association Internationale de Dialectologie Arabe, AIDA) is an association of researchers in Arabic dialects, from all over the world.

About AIDA

AIDA was founded in 1992, in Paris, at the initiative of a group of prestigious Arabists, with the aim to encourage and promote the study of Arabic dialects. AIDA is nowadays the leading international association in this field of research and it has become a center that joins scholars from all over the world who are interested in any aspect of

Arabic Arabic (, ' ; , ' or ) is a Semitic language spoken primarily across the Arab world.Semitic languages: an international handbook / edited by Stefan Weninger; in collaboration with Geoffrey Khan, Michael P. Streck, Janet C. E.Watson; Walter ...

dialectology Dialectology (from Greek , ''dialektos'', "talk, dialect"; and , ''-logia'') is the scientific study of linguistic dialect, a sub-field of sociolinguistics. It studies variations in language based primarily on geographic distribution and their asso ...

, including dialects which have not been described yet, dialectal geography, specific aspects of

phonology Phonology is the branch of linguistics that studies how languages or dialects systematically organize their sounds or, for sign languages, their constituent parts of signs. The term can also refer specifically to the sound or sign system of a ...

, morphology and

syntax In linguistics, syntax () is the study of how words and morphemes combine to form larger units such as phrases and sentences. Central concerns of syntax include word order, grammatical relations, hierarchical sentence structure ( constituenc ...

code-switching In linguistics, code-switching or language alternation occurs when a speaker alternates between two or more languages, or language varieties, in the context of a single conversation or situation. Code-switching is different from plurilingualism ...

koiné language In linguistics, a koiné language, koiné dialect, or simply koiné (Ancient Greek κοινή, "common anguage) is a standard or common language or dialect that has arisen as a result of the contact, mixing, and often simplification of two o ...

pidgin A pidgin , or pidgin language, is a grammatically simplified means of communication that develops between two or more groups of people that do not have a language in common: typically, its vocabulary and grammar are limited and often drawn from s ...

, creole, the lexicon of Arabic dialects, dialectal

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es,

comparative general linguistics, the comparative is a syntactic construction that serves to express a comparison between two (or more) entities or groups of entities in quality or degree - see also comparison (grammar) for an overview of comparison, as well ...

and

diachronic Synchrony and diachrony are two complementary viewpoints in linguistic analysis. A ''synchronic'' approach (from grc, συν- "together" and "time") considers a language at a moment in time without taking its history into account. Synchronic ...

studies,

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, teaching of Arabic dialects, and so on. AIDA organizes conferences that are held in well-known universities every two years (with some exceptions).

Previous conferences

*14th AIDA Conference -

Granada Granada (,, DIN: ; grc, Ἐλιβύργη, Elibýrgē; la, Illiberis or . ) is the capital city of the province of Granada, in the autonomous community of Andalusia, Spain. Granada is located at the foot of the Sierra Nevada mountains, at the ...

2022 *13th AIDA Conference –

Kutaisi Kutaisi (, ka, ქუთაისი ) is one of the oldest continuously inhabited cities in the world and the third-most populous city in Georgia, traditionally, second in importance, after the capital city of Tbilisi. Situated west of Tbili ...

2019 *12th AIDA Conference –

Marseille Marseille ( , , ; also spelled in English as Marseilles; oc, Marselha ) is the prefecture of the French department of Bouches-du-Rhône and capital of the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region. Situated in the camargue region of southern Fran ...

2017 *11th AIDA Conference –

Bucharest Bucharest ( , ; ro, București ) is the capital and largest city of Romania, as well as its cultural, industrial, and financial centre. It is located in the southeast of the country, on the banks of the Dâmbovița River, less than north o ...

2015 *10th AIDA Conference –

Doha Doha ( ar, الدوحة, ad-Dawḥa or ''ad-Dōḥa'') is the capital city and main financial hub of Qatar. Located on the Persian Gulf coast in the east of the country, north of Al Wakrah and south of Al Khor, it is home to most of the count ...

2013 *9th AIDA Conference –

Pescara Pescara (; nap, label= Abruzzese, Pescàrë; nap, label= Pescarese, Piscàrë) is the capital city of the Province of Pescara, in the Abruzzo region of Italy. It is the most populated city in Abruzzo, with 119,217 (2018) residents (and approxi ...

2011 *8th AIDA Conference –

Colchester Colchester ( ) is a city in Essex, in the East of England. It had a population of 122,000 in 2011. The demonym is Colcestrian. Colchester occupies the site of Camulodunum, the first major city in Roman Britain and its first capital. Col ...

2008 *7th AIDA Conference –

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2006 *6th AIDA Conference – Hammamet 2004 *5th AIDA Conference –

Cádiz Cádiz (, , ) is a city and port in southwestern Spain. It is the capital of the Province of Cádiz, one of eight that make up the autonomous community of Andalusia. Cádiz, one of the oldest continuously inhabited cities in Western Europe, ...

2002 *4th AIDA Conference –

Marrakech Marrakesh or Marrakech ( or ; ar, مراكش, murrākuš, ; ber, ⵎⵕⵕⴰⴽⵛ, translit=mṛṛakc}) is the fourth largest city in the Kingdom of Morocco. It is one of the four Imperial cities of Morocco and is the capital of the Marrakes ...

2000 *3rd AIDA Conference –

Malta Malta ( , , ), officially the Republic of Malta ( mt, Repubblika ta' Malta ), is an island country in the Mediterranean Sea. It consists of an archipelago, between Italy and Libya, and is often considered a part of Southern Europe. It li ...

1998 *2nd AIDA Conference –

Cambridge Cambridge ( ) is a university city and the county town in Cambridgeshire, England. It is located on the River Cam approximately north of London. As of the 2021 United Kingdom census, the population of Cambridge was 145,700. Cambridge beca ...

1995 *1st AIDA Conference –

Paris Paris () is the capital and most populous city of France, with an estimated population of 2,165,423 residents in 2019 in an area of more than 105 km² (41 sq mi), making it the 30th most densely populated city in the world in 2020. S ...

1993

Next conference

*15th AIDA Conference –

2024

First Executive Board (1993 - 2004)

*Dominique Caubet (France) – president *Abderrahim Youssi (Morocco) - vice-president *Bruce Ingham (Great Britain) – vice-president *Manwel Mifsud (Malta) – secretary *Peter Behnstedt (Germany) – vice-secretary *Martine Vanhove (France) – treasurer

Second Executive Board (2004 - 2015)

*Stephan Procházka (Austria) – president *Abderrahim Youssi (2004-2013) / Karima Ziamari (2013-2015) (Morocco) – vice-president *Rudolf de Jong (Netherlands) – general secretary *Ángeles Vicente (Spain) – treasurer

Current Executive Board of AIDA (May 28, 2015, Bucharest)

► George Grigore (

University of Bucharest The University of Bucharest ( ro, Universitatea din București), commonly known after its abbreviation UB in Romania, is a public university founded in its current form on by a decree of Prince Alexandru Ioan Cuza to convert the former Princely ...

, Romania) – president ► Karima Ziamari (Moulay Ismail University, Meknes, Morocco) – vice-president ► Kristen Brustad (

University of Texas at Austin The University of Texas at Austin (UT Austin, UT, or Texas) is a public research university in Austin, Texas. It was founded in 1883 and is the oldest institution in the University of Texas System. With 40,916 undergraduate students, 11,075 ...

, USA) – vice-president (until 2019) ►Christophe Pereira (INALCO, Paris, France) – vice-president (from 2019) ► Liesbeth Zack (

University of Amsterdam The University of Amsterdam (abbreviated as UvA, nl, Universiteit van Amsterdam) is a public research university located in Amsterdam, Netherlands. The UvA is one of two large, publicly funded research universities in the city, the other bei ...

, Netherlands) – general secretary ► Veronika Ritt-Benmimoun (

University of Vienna The University of Vienna (german: Universität Wien) is a public university, public research university located in Vienna, Austria. It was founded by Rudolf IV, Duke of Austria, Duke Rudolph IV in 1365 and is the oldest university in the Geogra ...

, Austria) – treasurer Reshuffled Current Executive Board of AIDA - June 30, 2022 - Granada ► George Grigore (

, Romania) – president ► Karima Ziamari (

Moulay Ismail University Moulay Ismail University (french: Université Moulay Ismail; ar, جامعة مولاي إسماعيل) is a university in Meknes city, Morocco Morocco (),, ) officially the Kingdom of Morocco, is the westernmost country in the Magh ...

, Meknes, Morocco) – vice-president ►Christophe Pereira (INALCO, Paris, France) – vice-president ► Bettina Leitner (

, Austria) – general secretary ► Simone Bettega (

University of Turin The University of Turin (Italian language, Italian: ''Università degli Studi di Torino'', UNITO) is a public university, public research university in the city of Turin, in the Piedmont (Italy), Piedmont region of Italy. It is one of the List ...

, Italy) – treasurer

References

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External links

AIDA - official site

Arabic Varieties: Far and Wide. Proceedings of the 11th International Conference of AIDA Bucharest 2015

AIDA on academia.edu
* The 12th Conference of AIDA - Aix-Marseille University, May 18-20, 201

International professional associations International scientific organizations Linguistic societies Organizations established in 1993 Organizations based in Paris Arabic language