Homs Arabic: a linguistic profile

This research deals with the urban variety of Arabic spoken in the City of Homs, or Hims, the third important city in Syria situated in its biggest province.Several scholars have attempted a classification of the most important features of Arabic varieties, but none of these has described Homs Arabic, which is why this work is designed to provide a linguistic documentation of this local variety by defining the main phonological, morphological and syntactic features of al-lahža l-ḥumṣiyya, but also presenting some interesting aspects of Homs history and traditions.