Perspectives on Arabic Linguistics
Papers from the Annual Symposium on Arabic Linguistics
Volume I: Salt Lake City, Utah 1987
Editor
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.
[Current Issues in Linguistic Theory, 63] 1990. xiii, 293 pp.
Publishing status: Available
© John Benjamins Publishing Company
Table of Contents
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Preface | pp. ix–xiii
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1. Overview
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Arabic linguistics: The current sceneMushira Eid | pp. 3–37
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“Come forth with a Surah like it”: Arabic as a measure of Arab societyCharles A. Ferguson | pp. 39–51
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2. Grammatical prespectives
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Sound plural and broken plural assignment in classical ArabicMohamad Z. Abd-Rabbo | pp. 55–93
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The problem of subject-verb agreement in Arabic: towards a solutionMohammad A. Mohammad | pp. 95–125
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Word order and proper government in classical ArabicBasim Majdi | pp. 127–153
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Bound anaphora in Egyptian ArabicMariam H. Osman | pp. 155–172
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Time reference, tense, and formal aspect in Cairene ArabicJohn C. Eisele | pp. 173–212
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3. Textual analysis perspectives
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‘Orality’ and discourse structure in modern standard ArabicBarbara Johnstone | pp. 215–233
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Loss of nominal case endings in the modern Arabic dialects: evidence from Palestinian Christian middle Arabic textsAnn M. Gruber-Miller | pp. 235–253
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4. Psycholinguistic perspectives
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Bilingual linguistic memoryShadia A. Tel | pp. 257–270
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Slips of the tongue in ArabicSabah Safi-Stagni | pp. 271–290
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Index of subjects | pp. 291–293
Subjects
Linguistics
Main BIC Subject
CF: Linguistics
Main BISAC Subject
LAN009000: LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / General