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Jarbou, Samir Omar. 2012. Medial deictic demonstratives in Arabic: fact or fallacy. Pragmatics 22 (1) : 103–118.

Publication type

Article in journal

Publication language

English

Keywords

deixis | demonstrative reference | dialectology | grammar1 | historical linguistics

Language as a subject

Arabic, Tamiimi, Old

Place, Publisher

International Pragmatics Association

Journal DOI

10.1075/prag

Annotation

This paper explores the Semitic and dialectical origin (cfr. Old Tamiimi and Old Hijaazi) of singular and dual Classic Arabic (CA) demonstratives, on the basis of ancient Arabic grammarians' writings.