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Record Nr.

UNINA9910781430603321

Titolo

Perspectives on Arabic linguistics [[electronic resource] ] : papers from the annual Symposia on Arabic Linguistics. Volume XXII-XXIII, College Park, Maryland, 2008 and Milwaukee, Wisconsin, 2009 / / edited by Ellen Broselow, Hamid Ouali

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Amsterdam, : John Benjamins Pub. Co., 2011

ISBN

1-283-36001-2

9786613360014

90-272-8412-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (321 p.)

Collana

Current issues in linguistic theory, , 0304-0763 ; ; v. 317

Perspectives on Arabic linguistics ; ; v. 22-23

Altri autori (Persone)

BroselowEllen

OualiHamid

Disciplina

492.7

Soggetti

Arabic language

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

pt. 1. Phonetics & phonology -- pt. 2. Morphology & syntax -- pt. 3. Language acquisition, learning & contact.

Sommario/riassunto

The present volume presents cutting-edge research on Arabic linguistics. It features a set of papers which continue a long tradition of seeking new explanations for familiar or previously undiscovered structural patterns. While the papers illustrate a range of approaches, from formalist to functionalist, each paper combines rigorous analysis of a set of Arabic data within the context of explicit models of some aspect of human language. The volume consists of three sections, the first section devoted to phonetics and phonology, the second to syntax, and the third to language acquisition and lan