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Parkinson, Dilworth B., ed. 2008. Perspectives on Arabic Linguistics. Papers from the annual symposium on Arabic linguistics. Volume XXI: Provo, Utah, March 2007. (Current Issues in Linguistic Theory 301). John Benjamins. x+206 pp.

Publication type

Book – edited volume

Publication language

English

Keywords

linguistics | pragmatic competence

Annotation

This volume contains a selection of reviewed and revised papers from the twenty-first Annual Symposium on Arabic Linguistics, which was held on March 2–3, 2007, at Brigham Young University in Provo, Utah. The papers in this volume deal with a variety of topics in Arabic linguistics with a notable number of them emphasizing pragmatic aspects. The papers here included place a high value on the presentation of authentic data and explore different approaches in their analysis.

Articles in this volume

Mahmoud, Reda A.H. A text-pragmatic approach to moot questions in Arabic. 43–67

Mughazy, Mustafa. The pragmatics of denial: An information structure analysis of so-called "emphatic negation" in Egyptian Arabic. 69–81

Zouhir, Abderrahmane. Language policy and factors influencing it in some Middle Eastern countries and Morocco. 133–148

Said, Selim Ben. The perception of Arab-accented speech by American native speakers and non-native speakers from East and Southeast Asia. 149–172

Al-Masri, Hanada. Linguistic losses in the translation of Arabic literary texts. 173–204