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Author Annual Symposium on Arabic Linguistics (XXXII : 2018 : Tempe, Ariz.)

Title Perspectives on Arabic Linguistics. XXXII : Papers Selected from the Annual Symposium on Arabic Linguistics, Tempe, Arizona 2018 / edited by Elly van Gelderen
Published Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : John Benjamins Publishing Company, [2020]

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Description 1 online resource (182 pages)
Series Studies in Arabic Linguistics ; v. 9
Studies in Arabic linguistics ; v. 9.
Contents Intro -- Perspectives on Arabic Linguistics XXXII -- Editorial page -- Title page -- Copyright page -- Table of contents -- Introduction -- 1. Contributions of Arabic to typology and theoretical linguistics -- 2. The contributions in this volume -- 3. Note on reviewing, the transcriptions, glosses, and examples -- References -- Part I. Phonetics and phonology -- Stress assignment and foot construction in a Southwestern Saudi Arabic dialect -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Stress pattern -- 2.1 Syllable quantity -- 2.2 Stress shift -- 3. Analysis -- 3.1 Word-final vowels -- 3.2 High vowel syncope
3.3 Geminates and long vowels -- 3.4 Summary -- 4. Optimality-theoretic analysis -- 4.1 Foot construction and stress assignment -- 4.2 High vowel syncope -- 4.3 Geminate and long vowel effects -- 4.4 Summary -- 5. Conclusion -- Acknowledgements -- References -- What triggers ˈimāla: Focus on a Palestinian variety with phonological analysis -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Exemplification of ˈimāla in PA-TA -- 3. Feature geometric representation and the blocking of ˈimāla -- 4. The historic uvular /q/ and the back velar problem -- 5. The semantic class of colors and mental/physical challenges
5.1 Morpho-semantic class -- 5.2 A morphophonological analysis -- 6. Other exceptional word groups -- 7. Conclusion -- Acknowledgments -- Funding -- References -- A study of the place of articulation of the Arabic voiceless dorsal fricative -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Methods -- 2.1 Participants -- 2.2 Stimuli -- 2.3 Experimental procedure -- 2.4 Analysis -- 3. Results -- 3.1 Ultrasound traces -- 2D midsagittal profiles -- 3.2 Nearest Neighbor Distance (NND) from Velar and Uvular Stops to Dorsal Fricatives -- 4. Discussion and conclusions -- References -- Appendix 1. Phoneme inventory of Arabic
Part II. Syntax and semantics -- On the syntax of correlation: Evidence from Egyptian Arabic -- 1. Introduction -- 2. The grammatical properties of correlation structures in EA -- 2.1 Type A of correlation structures in EA -- 2.2 Type B of correlation structures in EA -- 3. The macro-syntax of correlation structures -- 4. The micro-syntax of correlation structures -- 4.1 Deriving correlation structures in EA -- 4.2 Lexical doubling in CSs as a post-syntactic operation -- 4.3 Summary -- 5. A cartographic analysis of the micro-syntax of correlation structures -- 6. Brief remarks on 'constructions'
7. Conclusion -- Acknowledgements -- References -- The complementizer layer in Standard Arabic revisited -- 1. Introduction -- 2. The left periphery in SA -- 2.1 Complementizer distribution -- 3. Complementizer agreement (CA) -- 3.1 Shlonsky's account -- 3.2 What is it that follows ʔanna and ʔinna? -- 3.3 Possible account -- 3.4 Proposal -- 4. Extraction patterns -- 4.1 Ban on extraction across the preverbal DP in SVO -- 4.2 Proposal -- 5. Conclusion -- References -- Sluicing and sprouting in Jordanian Arabic -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Wh-questions in JA -- 3. Sluicing in JA -- 4. Sprouting
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes 5. Conclusion
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Subject Arabic language -- Congresses
Arabic language -- Grammar -- Congresses
Arabic language
Arabic language -- Grammar
Genre/Form Conference papers and proceedings
Form Electronic book
Author Gelderen, Elly van, editor.
ISBN 9789027260703
9027260702