Details

Subject(s)

• Arabic language—Syntax—Congresses [Browse]
• Arabic language—Grammar—Congresses [Browse]
• Arabic language—Social aspects—Congresses [Browse]

Related name

• Comrie, Bernard, 1947- [Browse]
• Eid, Mushira [Browse]

Series

• Amsterdam studies in the theory and history of linguistic science. Series IV, Current issues in linguistic theory ; v. 80. [More in this series]
• Amsterdam studies in the theory and history of linguistic science. Series IV, Current issues in linguistic theory, 0304-0763 ; v. 80 [More in this series]

Summary note

This is the third in a continuing series of papers presented at the annual meetings of the Arabic Linguistic Society whose primary purpose is to provide a forum for the study of Arabic within current approaches in linguistics. The volume includes a section on Arabic in relation to other languages, with papers ranging from the importance of Arabic to general linguistic theory, and guttural phonology to Arabic loanwords in Acehnese, verbless sentences in Arabic and Hebrew, and a contrastive study of middle and unaccusative constructions in Arabic and English.

Notes

Symposium held at the University of Utah, Mar. 3-4, 1989.

Bibliographic references

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Language note

English

Contents

• PERSPECTIVES ON ARABIC LINGUISTICS III PAPERS FROM THE THIRD ANNUAL SYMPOSIUM ON ARABIC LINGUISTICS; Editorial page; Title page; Copyright page; Table of contents; FOREWORD; INTRODUCTION; I. ARABIC IN RELATION TO OTHER LANGUAGES; ON THE IMPORTANCE OF ARABIC FOR GENERAL LINGUISTIC THEORY; VERBLESS SENTENCES IN ARABIC AND HEBREW; SEMITIC GUTTURALS AND DISTINCTIVE FEATURE THEORY; ARABIC LOANWORDS IN ACEHNESE; A CONTRASTIVE STUDY OF MIDDLE AND UNACCUSATIVE CONSTRUCTIONS IN ARABIC AND ENGLISH; II. GRAMMATICAL PERSPECTIVES
• EPENTHESIS IN MAKKAN ARABIC: UNSYLLABIFIED CONSONANTS VS. DEGENERATE SYLLABLES; COMPUTER ANALYSIS OF ARABIC MORPHOLOGY: A TWO-LEVEL APPROACH WITH DETOURS; CAUSATIVES IN MOROCCAN ARABIC; III. SOCIO- AND PSYCHO- LINGUISTIC PERSPECTIVES; WOMEN, MEN, AND LINGUISTIC VARIATION IN THE ARAB WORLD; CODE-SWITCHING AND LINGUISTIC ACCOMMODATION IN ARABIC; AGRAMMATISM IN ARABIC; INDEX

ISBN

• 1-283-31340-5
• 9786613313409
• 90-272-7789-3

OCLC

759101378

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