Perspectives on Arabic linguistics XVI [electronic resource] : papers from the sixteenth annual Symposium on Arabic Linguistics, Cambridge, March 2002 / edited by Sami Boudelaa.

Format:

Book

Conference/Event

Contributor:

Boudelaa, Sami.

Conference Name:

Symposium on Arabic Linguistics (16th : 2002 : Cambridge, Mass.)

Series:

Amsterdam studies in the theory and history of linguistic science. Current issues in linguistic theory ; Series IV, v. 266.

Amsterdam studies in the theory and history of linguistic science. Series IV, Current issues in linguistic theory, 0304-0763 ; v. 266

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Arabic language--Congresses.

Arabic language.

Physical Description:

xi, 181 p. : ill.

Edition:

1st ed.

Other Title:

Perspectives on Arabic linguistics 16

Perspectives on Arabic linguistics sixteen

Place of Publication:

Amsterdam : John Benjamins Pub. Co., 2006.

Summary:

The papers in this volume are a selection from papers presented at the Annual Symposium on Arabic Linguistics, held in Cambridge, UK, in 2002. They deal with a wide range of theoretical issues in varieties of Arabic.

Contents:

PERSPECTIVES ON ARABIC LINGUISTICS XVI PAPERS FROM THE SIXTEENTH ANNUAL SYMPOSIUM ON ARABIC LINGUISTICS, CAMBRIDGE, MARCH 2002

Editorial page

Title page

Copyright page

Table of contents

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

PREFACE

THE ORGANIZATION OF THE LEXICON IN ARABIC AND OTHER SEMITIC LANGUAGES

1. Introduction

2. First Study

2.1 The results

3. Reading

4. Second Study

5. Matrices, Etymons, Radicals

6. Semantic Organization

7. Conclusions

REFERENCES

THE PLURAL OF PAUCITY IN ARABIC AND ITS ACTUAL SCOPE ON TWO CLAIMS BY SIIBAWAYHI AND AL-FARRAA'

2. PP in Arabic

3. Parallels in the Semitic Languages?

4. The Terms for PP in Arabic

5. Patterns for Arabic PP according to Siibawayhi

6. Interest in Siibawayhi's Description of PP

7. Other Arab Grammarians' Attitudes before the Notion of PP

7.1 Al-Mubarrad,(ob. 998)

7.2 az-Zamaxsharii (ob. 1144)

7.3 Ibn al-PAnbaarii (ob. 1183)

7.4 Ibn ʕAqiil(ob. 1375)

8. Today's Scope

9. The Opinion of Shawqii Dayf

10. My Own Views and Figures

10.1 Statistical Evidence from the Mu4allaqaat

11. PP's Possible Connection to Agreement Facts: Al-farraa's claim

WHY THERE IS NO KOINÉ IN SANS AAP, YEMEN

1. The Problem

2. Reasons for Predicting Koinéization in Sanʕaa?

3. Data Sources

4. Evidence for the Lack of a Koiné

5. Some Analysis

5.1 Half the people in Sanʕaa? are not permanent residents

5.2 The Sanʕaanis are the largest single group in Sanʕaa?

5.3 The Sanʕaanis are very proud of their identity and dialect.

5.4 Two competing dialect systems are in place in Yemen's cities,excluding Hudaydah.

5.4.1 Feature conflict #7, the future markers

5.4.2 Feature conflict #2, q/g versus j/g

5.5 Taʕini/Aderii dialect speakers think the Sanʕaani dialect is strange.

5.6 The conservative linguistic role of women in Yemeni society

6. Dialect Changes Point to Divergence, Not Convergence

6.1 The Sanʕaani future marker

6.2 The use of baa replacing sha in the southern governorates

7. Conclusion

EMPTY NUCLEI IN ARABIC SPEECH PATTERNS AND THEDIACRITIC SUKUUN

0. Introduction: The sukuun nucleus

1. Phonological Activity of sukuun Nuclei

2. Duration: The phonetics of sukuun

3. Applicability to ASR and TTS

REPRESENTING COARTICUL ATION PROCESSES IN ARABIC SPEECH

0. Introduction: The corpus and the acoustic data

1. Directionality in Nasal Assimilation and Pharyngeal Spreading

2. A Phonological Account of Bi-directionality

THE TEXTUAL COMPONENT IN CLASSICAL ARABIC INVESTIGATING INFORMATION STRUCTURE

1.1 The informant

2. Aljurjani's Model

3. The Model of Analysis: Halliday's information structure

4. The Analysis of Arabic

4.1 Interrogative sentences

4.2 Negative sentences

4.3 Declarative sentences

4.4 Preposing and postposing

4.5 Initial focal/non-focal nouns

5. Indefinite Nouns as Themes

5.1 Declaratives

6. Conclusion

ACOUSTIC AND AUDITORY DIFFERENCES IN THE /t/-/t/OPPOSITION IN MALE AND FEMALE SPEAKERS OF JORDANIAN ARABIC

2. The Correlation of Emphasis

3. The Acoustics of Emphasis

4. Acoustic and Other Evidence for the Articulation of Emphatic and Plain Consonants

5. Multiple Cues and Auditory Enhancement.

6. The Sociophonetics of Emphasis

7. Methods

7.1 Hypotheses

7.2 Data

7.3 Speakers

7.4 Analysis

8. Results

8.1 Perceptual rating

8.2 Formant onset frequencies

8.3 Voice Onset Time

9. Discussion of Results

10. Conclusion

PHARYNGEALIZATIONEFFECTS IN MALTESE ARABIC

1. Introduction.

2. Maltese Data

2.1 Pharyngealization in non-standard Maltese

2.2 Previous documentation of pharyngealization in Standard Maltese

2.3 Corpus information on Standard Maltese

2.4 Maltese Guttural Dissimilation

3. Feature Geometric Representations

3.1 The RTR/CP Model

3.2 The Dorsal/RTR Model

3.3 The ATR/RTR Model

4. Conclusion

INDEX OF SUBJECTS

The series Current Issues in Linguistic Theory.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

OCLC:

713010250