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This volume provides a general perspective on aspects of Arabic in relation to various areas of linguistics. To the general linguist, it is a source of information and data on Arabic analyzed within current models of analysis; to the Arabic linguist, it provides current analyses of both familiar and new data. The book is divided into three sections, which contain exciting papers on Arabic syntax (mostly within Government-Binding theory), textual analysis, and psycholinguistics. The volume opens with an overview of the current state of Arabic linguistics by the Editor and a major presentation by Charles Ferguson.
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PERSPECTIVES ON ARABIC LINGUISTICS I
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 Henning Andersen (Los Angeles); Raimo Anttila (Los Angeles) Thomas V. Gamkrelidze (Tbilisi); Hans-Heinrich Lieb (Berlin) J. Peter Maher (Chicago); Ernst Pulgram (Ann Arbor, Mich.) E. Wyn Roberts (Vancouver, B.C.); Danny Steinberg (Tokyo)
Volume 63
Mushira Eid (ed.) Perspectives on Arabic Linguistics I
PERSPECTIVES ON ARABIC LINGUISTICS I PAPERS FROM THE FIRST ANNUAL SYMPOSIUM ON ARABIC LINGUISTICS
Edited by
MUSHIRA EID University of Utah Salt Lake City
JOHN BENJAMINS PUBLISHING COMPANY AMSTERDAM/PHILADELPHIA 1990
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Symposium on Arabic Linguistics (1st : 1987 : University of Utah) Perspectives on Arabic linguistics I : papers from the First Annual Symposium on Arabic Linguistics / edited by Mushira Eid. p. cm. -- (Amsterdam studies in the theory and history of linguistic science. Series IV, Current issues in linguistic theory, ISSN 0304-0763; v. 63) Papers from a symposium held Apr. 24-25, 1987 at the University of Utah. Includes bibliographical references and index. 1. Arabic language--Grammar--Congresses. 2. Arabic language--Semantics--Congresses. I. Eid. Mushira. II. Title. III. Title: Perspectives on Arabic linguistics 1. IV. Title: Perspectives on Arabic linguistics one. PJ6106.S9884 1987 492'.75--dc20 90-959 ISBN 90 272 3560 0 (alk. paper) CIP © Copyright 1990 - 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.
To Gerald Sanders, Teacher and Friend
Table of Contents
Preface
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I. Overview Arabic Linguistics: The Current Scene Mushira Eid "Come Forth with a Surah Like It": Arabic as a Measure of Arab Society Charles Ferguson
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II. Grammatical Perspectives Sound Plural and Broken Plural Assignment in Classical Arabic Mohamad Z. Abd-Rabbo The Problem of Subject-Verb Agreement in Arabic: Towards a Solution M.A. Mohammad
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Word Order and Proper Government in Classical Arabic Basim Majdi
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Bound Anaphora in Egyptian Arabic Mariam H. Osman
155
Time Reference, Tense, and Formal Aspect in Cairene Arabic John Eisele
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III. Textual Analysis Perspectives 'Orality' and Discourse Structure in Modern Standard Arabic Barbara Johnstone Loss of Nominal Case Endings in the Modern Arabic Dialects: Evidence from Southern Palestinian Christian Middle Arabic Texts Ann M. Gruber-Miller
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IV. Psycholinguistic Perspectives Bilingual Linguistic Memory Shadia A. Tel
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Slips of the Tongue in Arabic Sabah Safi-Stagni
271
Index of Subjects
291
Preface
The papers in this volume, with the exception of two (Eid and Safi), have been selected from the