Qualifications
PhD in Arabic Language and Linguistics, The Communicative Grammatical Function of Cognate Infinitives in Lebanese Arabic, American University of Beirut
Award Date: 8 Nov 2019
Employment
Postdoc
Department of Near Eastern Studies
University of ViennaWien, Austria
1 Dec 2019 → 30 Jun 2021
Academic third-party funded project staff
Department of Near Eastern Studies
University of ViennaWien, Austria
1 Oct 2021 → present
External lecturer
Department of Near Eastern Studies
University of ViennaWien, Austria
1 Mar 2021 → present
PhD Candidate
American University of BeirutBeirut, Lebanon
1 Feb 2015 → 8 Nov 2019
Publications
What is Bedouin-type Arabic? Fresh Perspectives and New Data.
Iriarte Díez, A. (Editor) & Prochazka, S. (Editor), Jun 2025, Wien. 528 p. (Wiener Zeitschrift für die Kunde des Morgenlandes, Vol. 115).“Bedouins” in Beirut (and surroundings) Arab Khalde – Intergenerational linguistic variation in a traditionally seminomadic community 12 km south of Beirut
Iriarte Díez, A., 2025, In: Wiener Zeitschrift für die Kunde des Morgenlandes. Band 115, p. 103- 143 p.Intra-speaker variation and identity performance through stylistic bricolage: Two texts in the Arabic of Arab Khalde (Lebanon)
Iriarte Díez, A., 2025, In: Wiener Zeitschrift für die Kunde des Morgenlandes. 115, p. 383-404 21 p.A Grammar of Arabic
Iriarte Díez, A. (Contributor), Brustad, K. (Editor), Turner, M. (Contributor), Valenzuela-Mochón, E. (Contributor) & Leddy-Cecere, T. (Contributor), 2024, Routledge, Taylor & Francis. 630 p.WHAT IS WHITE ARABIC? NEW LABELS IN A CHANGING ARAB WORLD
Iriarte Díez, A., Laaber, C., Benitez Fernandez, M. & Van Kampen, N., 23 Dec 2023, In: Revista Española de Lingüística. 53, 2, p. 229-266Topics and Topicalization in Highly Affective Communicative Contexts in Lebanese Arabic: A closer look on Participant Relevance Topics and their role in discourse
Iriarte Díez, A., 11 Jul 2023, In: International Journal of Arabic Linguistics. 9, p. 91-110A typological analysis of Cognate Infinitives in Lebanese Arabic based on comparative Semitic evidence
Iriarte Díez, A., 2021, In: Languages. 6, 4, 19 p., 183.Language and Revolution: Arabic in Lebanon after the October Revolution as a case study
Iriarte Díez, A., 2021, In: Arabica: journal of Arabic and Islamic studies. 21, p. 5-37 32 p.The Communicative Grammatical Function of Cognate Infinitives in Lebanese Arabic
Iriarte Díez, A., 2021, 1 ed. Prensas de la Universidad de Zaragoza. 296 p.La motivación en el aprendizaje de árabe como lengua extranjera de los estudiantes universitarios españoles
Iriarte Díez, A., 2019, Actas de los Simposios de la Sociedad Española de Estudios Árabes III. Almería: Fundación Ibn Tufayl de Estudios Árabesالنزول إلى الجحيم في الأساطير والقصص الشعبية : دراسة مقارنة بين الحضارة الإسلاميّة وحضارة المايا
Iriarte Díez, A., 2016, In: Al-Machriq. 2Activities
Contact in Bedouin Minority Settings: Arab al-Maslakh (Beirut) and the Arabs in the Plain of Harran (Turkey) as a comparative case study
Iriarte Díez, A. (Speaker) & Prochazka, S. (Speaker)
From Fieldwork to Feature Bundles: Revisiting “Bedouin-type” Arabic
Iriarte Díez, A. (Speaker) & Prochazka, S. (Speaker)
The 6th Arabic Linguistics Forum
Iriarte Díez, A. (Organiser) & Prochazka, S. (Organiser)
The Role of Migration and Displacement in the Life Course of an Arabic Variety: A Linguistic and Ideological Analysis of Variation in the Dialect of Arab al-Maslakh in Beirut (Karantina)
Iriarte Díez, A. (Speaker)
“Independent Pronouns as Participant Relevance Topics: An Informational Approach to Personal and Discourse Deixis”
Iriarte Díez, A. (Speaker)
Exploring 'Tribal' Identity in Lebanon: Dimensions of Belonging among the ʕArab (Bedouin) Communities
Stocker, L. (Speaker), Laaber, C. (Speaker) & Iriarte Díez, A. (Speaker)
“An approach to Basic Sentence Structures across Arabic dialects”
Iriarte Díez, A. (Speaker) & Brustad, K. (Speaker)
“A Sociolinguistic Analysis of Arab Al-Maslakh in Karantina (Beirut)”
Iriarte Díez, A. (Speaker)
Theoretical and methodological considerations for the sociolinguistic analysis of superdiverse speech communities: The case of ʕArab il-Maslax in Karantina (Beirut).
Iriarte Díez, A. (Speaker)
Bedouins in Beirut: Preliminary Remarks on the Arabic varieties spoken by Arab il-Maslax in Karantina (Beirut).
Iriarte Díez, A. (Speaker)
The 1st WIBARAB Symposium: New Data and Fresh Perspectives
Iriarte Díez, A. (Organiser) & Prochazka, S. (Organiser)
Information Structure in Lebanese Arabic
Iriarte Díez, A. (Speaker)
Discursive informational tools in highly affective communicative contexts: Topics in Lebanese Arabic as a case study
Iriarte Díez, A. (Speaker)
What is White Arabic? - Perceptions on language use in a hyper-connected Arab World
Laaber, C. (Speaker), Iriarte Díez, A. (Speaker) & Benítez Fernández, M. (Speaker)
Spanish National Research Council (CSIC)
Iriarte Díez, A. (Visiting researcher) & Laaber, C. (Visiting researcher)
Language and Revolution. Arabic in Lebanon after the October Revolution
Iriarte Díez, A. (Speaker)
The Arabic Vernacular Variety of Lebanon
Iriarte Díez, A. (Speaker)
Cognate Infinitives in Lebanese Arabic as Focus Markers
Iriarte Díez, A. (Speaker)
La variedad árabe vernácula de Líbano
Iriarte Díez, A. (Speaker)
Cognate Infinitives in Lebanese Arabic
Iriarte Díez, A. (Speaker)
Prizes
2017 Award of the Spanish Society of Arabic Studies (SEEA) and Casa Árabe for Young Researchers
Iriarte Díez, A. (Recipient), 2017
Contact in Bedouin Minority Settings: Arab al-Maslakh (Beirut) and the Arabs in the Plain of Harran (Turkey) as a comparative case study
Iriarte Díez, A. (Speaker) & Prochazka, S. (Speaker)
Activity: Talks and presentations › Talk or oral contribution › Science to Science
From Fieldwork to Feature Bundles: Revisiting “Bedouin-type” Arabic
Iriarte Díez, A. (Speaker) & Prochazka, S. (Speaker)
Activity: Talks and presentations › Talk or oral contribution › Science to Science
The Role of Migration and Displacement in the Life Course of an Arabic Variety: A Linguistic and Ideological Analysis of Variation in the Dialect of Arab al-Maslakh in Beirut (Karantina)
Iriarte Díez, A. (Speaker)
Activity: Talks and presentations › Talk or oral contribution › Science to Science
“Independent Pronouns as Participant Relevance Topics: An Informational Approach to Personal and Discourse Deixis”
Iriarte Díez, A. (Speaker)
Activity: Talks and presentations › Talk or oral contribution › Science to Science
Exploring 'Tribal' Identity in Lebanon: Dimensions of Belonging among the ʕArab (Bedouin) Communities
Stocker, L. (Speaker), Laaber, C. (Speaker) & Iriarte Díez, A. (Speaker)
Activity: Talks and presentations › Talk or oral contribution › Science to Science
“An approach to Basic Sentence Structures across Arabic dialects”
Iriarte Díez, A. (Speaker) & Brustad, K. (Speaker)
Activity: Talks and presentations › Talk or oral contribution › Science to Science
“A Sociolinguistic Analysis of Arab Al-Maslakh in Karantina (Beirut)”
Iriarte Díez, A. (Speaker)
Activity: Talks and presentations › Talk or oral contribution › Science to Science
Theoretical and methodological considerations for the sociolinguistic analysis of superdiverse speech communities: The case of ʕArab il-Maslax in Karantina (Beirut).
Iriarte Díez, A. (Speaker)
Activity: Talks and presentations › Talk or oral contribution › Science to Science
Bedouins in Beirut: Preliminary Remarks on the Arabic varieties spoken by Arab il-Maslax in Karantina (Beirut).
Iriarte Díez, A. (Speaker)
Activity: Talks and presentations › Talk or oral contribution › Science to Science
Information Structure in Lebanese Arabic
Iriarte Díez, A. (Speaker)
Activity: Talks and presentations › Talk or oral contribution › Science to Science
Discursive informational tools in highly affective communicative contexts: Topics in Lebanese Arabic as a case study
Iriarte Díez, A. (Speaker)
Activity: Talks and presentations › Talk or oral contribution › Science to Science
What is White Arabic? - Perceptions on language use in a hyper-connected Arab World
Laaber, C. (Speaker), Iriarte Díez, A. (Speaker) & Benítez Fernández, M. (Speaker)
Activity: Talks and presentations › Talk or oral contribution › Science to Science
Language and Revolution. Arabic in Lebanon after the October Revolution
Iriarte Díez, A. (Speaker)
Activity: Talks and presentations › Talk or oral contribution › Science to Science
The Arabic Vernacular Variety of Lebanon
Iriarte Díez, A. (Speaker)
Activity: Talks and presentations › Talk or oral contribution › Science to Science
Cognate Infinitives in Lebanese Arabic as Focus Markers
Iriarte Díez, A. (Speaker)
Activity: Talks and presentations › Talk or oral contribution › Science to Science
La variedad árabe vernácula de Líbano
Iriarte Díez, A. (Speaker)
Activity: Talks and presentations › Talk or oral contribution › Science to Public
Cognate Infinitives in Lebanese Arabic
Iriarte Díez, A. (Speaker)
Activity: Talks and presentations › Talk or oral contribution › Science to Science
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