Perspectives on Arabic linguistics III [[electronic resource] ] : papers from the Third Annual Symposium on Arabic Linguistics / / edited by Bernard Comrie and Mushira Eid

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910457785403321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Amsterdam [The Netherlands], : John Benjamins Pub. Co., 1991
• ISBN: 1-283-31340-5; 9786613313409; 90-272-7789-3
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (286 p.)
• Collana: Amsterdam studies in the theory and history of linguistic science. Series IV, Current issues in linguistic theory, , 0304-0763 ; ; v. 80
• Altri autori (Persone): ComrieBernard <1947->; EidMushira
• Disciplina: 492.7; 492.705
• Soggetti: Arabic language - Syntax; Arabic language - Grammar; Arabic language - Social aspects; Electronic books.
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Symposium held at the Unviersity of Utah, Mar. 3-4, 1989.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: PERSPECTIVES ON ARABIC LINGUISTICS III PAPERS FROM THE THIRD ANNUAL SYMPOSIUM ON ARABIC LINGUISTICS; Editorial page; Title page; Copyrigh page; Table of contents; FOREWORD; INTRODUCTION; I. ARABIC IN RELATION TO OTHER LANGUAGES; ON THE IMPORTANCE OF ARABIC FOR GENERAL LINGUISTIC THEORY; VERBLESS SENTENCES IN ARABIC AND HEBREW; SEMITIC GUTTURALS AND DISTINCTIVE FEATURE THEORY; ARABIC LOANWORDS IN ACEHNESE; A CONTRASTIVE STUDY OF MIDDLE AND UNACCUSATIVE CONSTRUCTIONS IN ARABIC AND ENGLISH; II. GRAMMATICAL PERSPECTIVES; EPENTHESIS IN MAKKAN ARABIC: UNSYLLABIFIED CONSONANTS VS. DEGENERATE SYLLABLESCOMPUTER ANALYSIS OF ARABIC MORPHOLOGY: A TWO-LEVEL APPROACH WITH DETOURS; CAUSATIVES IN MOROCCAN ARABIC; III. SOCIO- AND PSYCHO- LINGUISTIC PERSPECTIVES; WOMEN, MEN, AND LINGUISTIC VARIATION IN THE ARAB ; WORLD; CODE-SWITCHING AND LINGUISTIC ACCOMMODATION IN ARABIC; AGRAMMATISM IN ARABIC; INDEX
• Sommario/riassunto: This is the third in a continuing series of papers presented at the annual meetings of the Arabic Linguistic Society whose primary purpose is to provide a forum for the study of Arabic within current approaches in linguistics. The volume includes a section on Arabic in relation to other languages, with papers ranging from the importance of Arabic to general linguistic theory, and guttural phonology to Arabic loanwords in Acehnese, verbless sentences in Arabic and Hebrew, and a contrastive study of middle and unaccusative constructions in Arabic and English. In the second section of the book, "