International Association of Arabic Dialectology

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 1993, in Paris, at the initiative of a group of prestigious Arabists, with the aim to encourage and promote the study of Arabic dialects.^[1][2][3]

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 dialectology, including dialects which have not been described yet, dialectal geography, specific aspects of phonology, morphology and syntax, code-switching, koiné language, pidgin, creole, the lexicon of Arabic dialects, dialectal atlases, comparative and diachronic studies, sociolinguistics, teaching of Arabic dialects, and so on.^[4]

AIDA organizes conferences that are held in well-known universities every two years (with some exceptions).^[5]

Previous conferences

Different Arabic dialects in the Arab world

• 11th AIDA Conference – Bucharest 2015

• 10th AIDA Conference – Doha 2013

• 9th AIDA Conference – Pescara 2011

• 8th AIDA Conference – Colchester 2008

• 7th AIDA Conference – Vienna 2006

• 6th AIDA Conference – Hammamet 2004

• 5th AIDA Conference – Cádiz 2002

• 4th AIDA Conference – Marrakech 2000

• 3rd AIDA Conference – Malta 1998

• 2nd AIDA Conference – Cambridge 1995

• 1st AIDA Conference – Paris 1993

Next conference

• 12th AIDA Conference – Ankara 2017

First Executive Board (1993 - 2004)

• Dominique Caubet (France) – 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)

► George Grigore (University of Bucharest, Romania) – president

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

► Kristen Brustad (University of Texas at Austin, USA) – vice-president

► Liesbeth Zack (University of Amsterdam, Netherlands) – general secretary

► Veronika Ritt-Benmimoun (University of Vienna, Austria) – treasurer

References

1. "AIDA - Association Internationale de Dialectologie Arabe". aida.or.at. Retrieved 28 March 2014.
2. "Arabic Dialectology" (PDF). mohamedrabeea.com. Retrieved 28 March 2014.
3. "Studying Arabic Dialects". slideshare.net. Retrieved 28 March 2014.
4. "George Grigore. 2014. A Bibliography of Association Internationale de Dialectologie Arabe". Retrieved 28 March 2014.
5. "AIDA - Association Internationale de Dialectologie Arabe ...". independent.academia.edu. Retrieved 28 March 2014.

External links

• Arabic Varieties: Far and Wide. Proceedings of the 11th International Conference of AIDA Bucharest 2015
• AIDA on academia.edu
• The 11th Conference of AIDA, Bucharest, May 2015