Perspectives on Arabic linguistics IV : papers from the Fourth Annual Symposium on Arabic Linguistics / editors, Ellen Broselow, Mushira Eid, John McCarthy.

Format:

Book

Conference/Event

Contributor:

Broselow, Ellen.

Eid, Mushira.

McCarthy, John.

Conference Name:

Symposium on Arabic Linguistics (4th : 1990 : Detroit, Michigan)

Series:

Amsterdam studies in the theory and history of linguistic science. Current issues in linguistic theory ; Series IV, 85.

Amsterdam studies in the theory and history of linguistic science. Series IV, Current issues in linguistic theory, 0304-0763 ; v. 85

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Arabic language--Congresses.

Arabic language.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (290 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : John Benjamins Pub. Co., 1992.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This volume includes papers on the study of Arabic dialects and their implications for general linguistics (Section I), as well of papers of a more general nature (Sections II and III). Because the Arabic dialects are similar in many ways, a study of their differences can help isolate precisely the range of permissible interlinguistic variation (i.e. the "parameters" of universal grammar). A number of papers in Section I focus on the contribution of dialect studies to a theory of cross dialectal and cross linguistic variation; others focus on individual dialects, thus providing data and analyses

Contents:

Table of contents

Foreword

Introduction

I. Arabic dialects: implications for general linguistics

Parametric variation in arabic dialect phonology

Closed syllable shortening and morphological levels

Extra-arabic affiliations of K-Yemeni

Shifting boundaries: the effect of modern standard arabic on dialect convergence in Baghdad

Pronouns, questions and agreement

Egyptian Arabic Auxiliaries and the category of Aux

II. Sociolinguistic perspectives synchronic variation in cairene arabic: the case of palatalization

A sociolinguistic description of (u:) in Korba Arabic: defining linguistic variables in contact situations and relic areas

Code-mixing in Arabic-English bilinguals

III. Historical perspectives

Variable agreement and non-human plurals in classical and Modern standard Arabic

Morphosyntactic analysis in Al-Jumal Fii l-nahw: discourse structure and metalanguage

Index of Subjects.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-283-31323-5

9786613313232

90-272-7749-4

OCLC:

759101380