Perspectives on Arabic linguistics V : papers from the Fifth Annual Symposium on Arabic Linguistics / editors, Mushira Eid, Clive Holes.

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Symposium on Arabic Linguistics (5th : 1991 : Ann Arbor, Michigan) [Browse]
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Book
Language
English
Εdition
1st ed.
Published/​Created
Amsterdam; Philadelphia : John Benjamins Pub. Co., 1993.
Description
1 online resource (355 pages)

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Series
  • Amsterdam studies in the theory and history of linguistic science. Series IV, Current issues in linguistic theory ; 101. [More in this series]
  • Amsterdam studies in the theory and history of linguistic science. Series IV, Current issues in linguistic theory ; v. 101 [More in this series]
Summary note
The papers in the first section of this volume, 'Variation in Arabic', deal with a wide range of topics: the function of Modern Standard Arabic (MSA) vs. dialect variation in political speeches, patterns of variation in concord in Cairene dialect, the extent to which Cairenes 'know' MSA, and the scope of emphaticization in different dialects.In the section on 'Phonological Perspectives' there are papers dealing with emphasis spread and with gemination/degemination/antigemination in Iraqi Arabic.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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English
Contents
  • PERSPECTIVES ON ARABIC LINGUISTICS V; Editorial page; Title page; Copyright page; Table of contents; FOREWORD; INTRODUCTION; I. VARIATION IN ARABIC; THE USES OF VARIATION: A STUDY OF THE POLITICAL SPEECHES OF GAMAL ABD AL-NASIR; KNOWING STANDARD ARABIC: TESTING EGYPTIANS' MSA ABILITIES; STABILITY AND LANGUAGE VARIATION IN ARABIC: CAIRENE AND KUWAITI DIALECTS; THE MEANING OF DEFLECTED/STRICT AGREEMENT VARIATION IN CAIRENE ARABIC; EMPHASIS SPREAD IN TWO ARABIC DIALECTS; II. PHONOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVES; ARABIC PHARYNGEALIZATION AND PHONOLOGICAL FEATURES; GEMINATION AND ANTIGEMINATION IN IRAQI
  • III. SYNTACTIC PERSPECTIVES; ARABIC GENITIVES: A PROBLEMATIC STRUCTURE FOR THE BINDING THEORY; THE COPULA IN MODERN STANDARD ARABIC (SA); THE POSITION OF SUBJECTS IN MODERN STANDARD ARABIC; CASE-MARKING AND BINDING OF SUBJECT CLITICS IN ARABIC COMPLEMENT CLAUSES; IV. HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVES; ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE ENERGIC SUFFIXES; EARLY ARABIC siin AND šiin IN LIGHT OF THE PROTO-SEMITIC FRICATIVE-LATERAL HYPOTHESIS; INDEX OF SUBJECTS
ISBN
  • 1-283-31307-3
  • 9786613313072
  • 90-272-7709-5
OCLC
759101375
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