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The papers in this volume deal with various topics in Arabic Linguistics. Most of the papers focus on new issues and introduce new empirical generalizations that haven't been studied before within the context of Arabic linguistics. The syntax and morphosyntax papers explore issues ranging from the nature of extraction strategies to various types of Construct State representations and the proper analysis of the distribution of the nominal, adjectival and verbal mophological features. The computational linguistics papers focus on the challenge posed by the non-concatenative nature of Arabic morphology. The authors illustrate how their programs can handle Arabic morphology. The papers in morpho-phonology and historical linguistics deal with the development of the Arabic complementizer system and the empirical and theoretical problems that arise in the context of hypocoristic formation in Arabic. The sociolinguistics papers take up the issues of sociolinguistic variation as they pertain to the phenomenon of diglossia and regional uses of the Standard variety of Arabic.
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PERSPECTIVES ON ARABIC LINGUISTICS XII AMSTERDAM STUDIES IN THE THEORY AND HISTORY OF LINGUISTIC SCIENCE General Editor E. F. KONRAD KOERNER (University of Ottawa) Series IV - CURRENT ISSUES IN LINGUISTIC THEORY Advisory Editorial Board Raimo Anttila (Los Angeles); Lyle Campbell (Christchurch, N.Z.] John E. Joseph (Edinburgh); Manfred Krifka (Austin, Tex.) Hans-Heinrich Lieb (Berlin); E. Wyn Roberts (Vancouver, B.C.); Hans-Jürgen Sasse (Köln) Volume 190 Elabbas Benmamoun (ed.) Perspectives on Arabic Linguistics XII Papers from the Twelfth Annual Symposium on Arabic Linguistics PERSPECTIVES ON ARABIC LINGUISTICS XII PAPERS FROM THE TWELFTH ANNUAL SYMPOSIUM ON ARABIC LINGUISTICS Edited by ELABBAS BENMAMOUN University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign JOHN BENJAMINS PUBLISHING COMPANY AMSTERDAM/PHILADELPHIA The paper used in this publication meets the minimum requirements of American National Standard for Information Sciences — Permanence of Paper for Printed Library Materials, ANSI Z39.48-1984. Elabbas Benmamoun (ed.) Perspectives on Arabic Linguistics XII Amsterdam studies in the theory and history of linguistic science. Series IV, Current issues in linguistic theory, ISSN 0304-0763 ; v. 190) ISBN 90 272 3696 8 (Eur.) / 1 55619 967 8 (US) (alk. paper) © 1999 - John Benjamins B.V. No part of this book may be reproduced in any form, by print, photoprint, microfilm, or any other means, without written permission from the publisher. John Benjamins Publishing Co. • P.O.Box 75577 • 1070 AN Amsterdam • The Netherlands John Benjamins North America • P.O.Box 27519 • Philadelphia PA 19118-0519 • USA Table of Contents Foreword Introduction I. Syntax and Morphosyntax Modes of Interrogation Joseph Aoun & Lina Choueiri Checking and Licensing Inside DP in Palestinian Arabic M. A. Mohammad On Locality and Discontinuity: Agreement as Across the Board Movement Peter Hallman II. 7 27 45 Computational Linguistics Arabic Stem Morphotactics via Finite-State Intersection Kenneth R. Beesley Computational Tool for Developing Morphophonological Models for Arabic George Anton Kiraz III. vii 1 85 101 Phonology and Historical Linguistics Hypocoristic Formation in Ammani-Jordanian Arabic Bushra Adnan Zawaydeh & Stuart Davis 113 On 141 et alia David Testen vi IV. Sociolinguistics (θ) and (ð) as Ternary and Binary Variables in Damascene Arabic Jamil Daher 163 Testing Lexical Difference in Regional Standard Arabics Dilworth B. Parkinson and Zeinab Ibrahim 183 Index of Subjects