THE INSIDE WORLD OF UMMHANI MUWWAQI: POETRY, STORIES AND RIDDLES IN THE ARABIC DIALECT OF TOLGA (ALGERIA)

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MOHAMED MEOUAK

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This study is devoted to updating materials in order to highlight certain facts relating to a hypothetical literary tradition in the Arabic dialect of Tolga in Algeria. We collected and transcribed a poem, two stories and five riddles which, all in all, offer a sample of oral literature in female context provided by the memories of our informant Ummw Hāni Muwwāqī. It should be noted finally that the linguistic features of the Arabic dialect of Tolga have not been dealt with herewith, because they will be included in a future survey of other materials being presently collected. Only a few lexical items are here briefly commented upon.

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