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Research interests
- Arabic language and linguistics
- North African Arabic varieties
- Bedouin-type varieties
- Popular literature (vernacular poetry) and culture in North Africa
Curriculum vitae
- 1996-2002: Enrolled in the programme for Arabic at the Department of Oriental Studies, University of Vienna; courses on Cairene Arabic, Ancient South Arabic.
- 2002: MA in Arabic Studies, University of Vienna (Austria)
- 05/2004 - 02/2006: Collaborator in the project “Dialect, Culture, and Popular Religion in a Changing Bedouin Society: The Marazig Tribe of Southern Tunisia”; financed by the Austrian Research Fund (FWF) in Vienna (Austria)
- 2005: PhD in Arabic Studies, University of Vienna (Austria)
- 03/2006 - 07/2011: University Assistant in the Department of Oriental Studies, University of Vienna (Austria)
- 2008-2009: Collaborator in the Amadeus (Vienna)-Picasso (Zaragoza)-Égide (Aix-en Provence) joint project: “Women’s World – Women’s Word: Female Life as Reflected in the Arabic Dialects”; financed by the Austrian Ministry for Science and Research.
- 04/2010: Guest lecturer at the University of Cádiz (Spain) within the “Erasmus Lehrendenmobilität 2009/10”.
- 10/2012 - 07/2013: Visiting professor for Semitic Studies at the Department of Languages and Cultures of the Near East at Heidelberg University (Germany)
- since 08/2013: Tenure Track position in the Department of Oriental Studies, University of Vienna
- since 2014: Collaborator in the digital dictionary of Tunis Variety within VICAV (Vienna Corpus of Arabic Varieties), a co-operation between the Department of Oriental Studies of the University of Vienna and the Austrian Centre for Digital Humanities (Austrian Academy of Sciences)
- since 04/2019: FWF-project "Tunesiens linguistische Terra incognita"
- since 01/2021: Associate Professor in the Department of Oriental Studies
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Projects
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Phasal polarity in Tunisian Arabic
Fischer, J. G., Persohn, B. & Ritt-Benmimoun, V., 20 Mar 2024, In: Studies in Language. 48, 1, p. 121-180 60 p.Publications: Contribution to journal › Article › Peer Reviewed
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The Arabic Dialect Spoken in Southeastern Kasserine (Central Tunisia): Texts and Linguistic Peculiarities
Ritt-Benmimoun, V., 2024, In: Wiener Zeitschrift für die Kunde des Morgenlandes. 114, p. 73-103Publications: Contribution to journal › Article › Peer Reviewed
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Interrogatives in Tunisia with a focus on the Arabic varieties spoken in North-western, Central and Southern Tunisia
Ritt-Benmimoun, V., Dec 2023, In: Zeitschrift für Arabische Linguistik. 77, 2, p. 52-71 20 p.Publications: Contribution to journal › Article › Peer Reviewed
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Activities
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Intra-Bedouin Isoglosses in Tunisia: old ones revisited and new ones proposed
Veronika Ritt-Benmimoun (Speaker)
22 May 2024Activity: Talks and presentations › Talk or oral contribution › Science to Science
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15th Conference of the International Association of Arabic Dialectology
Veronika Ritt-Benmimoun (Participant)
2024 → …Activity: Academic events › Participation in ...
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Negative copulae in Tunisian Arabic and in a wider Maghrebi context
Veronika Ritt-Benmimoun (Speaker)
8 Dec 2023Activity: Talks and presentations › Talk or oral contribution › Science to Science