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This volume presents papers on the study of Arabic dialects and their implications for general linguistics, as well as papers of a more general nature. Because Arabic dialects are similar in many ways, a study of their differences can help isolate the range of permissible interlinguistic varation (ie 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 deal with individual dialects, thus providing data and analyses that can further contribute to our understanding of this type of variation. The papers in Sections II and III of the book are selected from the general session of the sympoisum and address sociolinguistic and historical aspects of Arabic.
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PERSPECTIVES ON ARABIC LINGUISTICS XV
AMSTERDAM STUDIES IN THE THEORY AND HISTORY OF LINGUISTIC SCIENCE General Editor E. F. KONRAD KOERNER (Zentrum für Allgemeine Sprachwissenschaft, Typologie und Universalienforschung, Berlin) Series IV – CURRENT ISSUES IN LINGUISTIC THEORY
Advisory Editorial Board Lyle Campbell (Christchurch, N.Z.); Sheila Embleton (Toronto); Brian D. Joseph (Columbus, Ohio); John E. Joseph (Edinburgh) Manfred Krifka (Berlin); E. Wyn Roberts (Vancouver, B.C.); Joseph C. Salmons (Madison, Wis.); Hans-Jürgen Sasse (Köln)
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Dilworth B. Parkinson and Samira Farwaneh (eds.) Perspectives on Arabic Linguistics XV Papers from the Fifteenth Annual Symposium on Arabic Linguistics, Salt Lake City 2001.
PERSPECTIVES ON ARABIC LINGUISTICS XV PAPERS FROM THE FIFTEENTH ANNUAL SYMPOSIUM ON ARABIC LINGUISTICS, SALT LAKE CITY 2001 Edited by DILWORTH B. PARKINSON Brigham Young University
SAMIRA FARWANEH University of Arizona
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Dilworth B. Parkinson and Elabbas Benmamoun (eds.) Perspectives on Arabic Linguistics XV (Amsterdam studies in the theory and history of linguistic science. Series IV, Current issues in linguistic theory, ISSN 0304-0763 ; v. 247) ISBN 90 272 4759 5 (Eur.) / 1 58811 487 2 (US) (Hb; alk. paper) © 2003 – 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 36224 • 1020 ME Amsterdam • The Netherlands John Benjamins North America • P.O.Box 27519 • Philadelphia PA 19118-0519 • USA
CONTENTS
Editorial Note Introduction Dilworth B. Parkinson I.
Sociolinguistics
Discourse Particles Revisited: The Case of Wallahi in Egyptian Arabic Mustafa A. Mughazy
3
Theories of Code Switching in the Light of Empirical Data from Egypt Reem Bassiouney
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Translating Arabic Speech Act Expressions Rudolf Reinelt
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II.
Syntax
Relative Clauses in Syrian Arabic: Two Reconstruction Problems James Darrow
53
Interpretability, Feature Strength, and Impoverished Agreement in Arabic Mark S. LeTourneau
85
III.
Corpus Linguistics
Evolution of MSA, the Case of Some Complementary Particles Mark Van Mol
135
CONTENTS
NP Structure Types in Spoken and Written Modern Standard Arabic (MSA) Corpora Sameh Al-Ansary
149
Comparing Frequencies of Lexical Productions in Arabic Words Stephen Taylor
181
Future Variability: A Corpus Study of Arabic Future Particles Dilworth B. Parkinson
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Index of Subjects
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