Perspectives on Arabic linguistics XII : papers from the Twelfth Annual Symposium on Arabic Linguistics / / edited by Elabbas Benmamoun

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910816591403321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Amsterdam ; ; Philadelphia, : John Benjamins Pub. Co., 1999
• ISBN: 1-283-12817-9; 9786613128171; 90-272-8432-6
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (211 pages)
• Collana: Amsterdam studies in the theory and history of linguistic science. Series IV, Current issues in linguistic theory, , 0304-0763 ; ; v. 190
• Altri autori (Persone): BenmamounElabbas
• Disciplina: 492.7
• Soggetti: Linguistics; Arabic language
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: PERSPECTIVES ON ARABIC LINGUISTICS XII; Editorial page; Title page; Copyright page; Table of contents; FOREWORD; INTRODUCTION; I. SYNTAX AND MORPHOSYNTAX; MODES OF INTERROGATION; 0. Introduction; 1. Sentence-Initial Wh-Elements; 1.1. Wh-interrogatives with gaps; 1.2 Wh-interrogatives with resumption; 2. Wh- in situ; 2.1 One wh-element in situ: Distribution and generalizations; 2.2 Two wh-elements in situ; 3. Conclusion; REFERENCES; CHECKING AND LICENSING INSIDE DP IN PALESTINIAN ARABIC; 1. Introduction; 2. Properties of CS; 3. Morphological Agreement in DPs; 3.1. Agreement in taba? clauses; 3.2. The case properties of taba?; 3.3. The ?em/? abu and saahib constructions; 4. Conclusion; REFERENCES; ON LOCALITY AND DISCONTINUITY AGREEMENT AS ACROSS THE BOARD MOVEMENT; 1. Introduction; 2. Noun Phrase Syntax; 2.1 Linear covariation; 2.2 Nonlinear covariation; 2.3 Structural approach to local dependencies; 2.4 Representations of the noun phrase; 3. Noun-Adjective Agreement; 3.1 Agreement syntax; 3.1.1 On the rejection of (18); 3.1.2 On the rejection of the Mirror Principle; 3.1.3 On the syntactic transmission of features; 3.2 Agreement as across the board movement; 3.2.1 Unification of lexical content; 3.2.2 Unification entails movement; ; 3.2.3 ATB agreement in Arabic; 3.2.4 Context for ATB; 4. Conclusion; REFERENCES; II. COMPUTATIONAL LINGUISTICS; ARABIC STEM MORPHOTACTICS VIA FINITE-STATE INTERSECTION; 1. Introduction; 1.1 Concatenative morphotactics; 1.2 Non-concatenative morphotactics; 2. Finite-State Morphology; 2.1 Review of regular expressions; 2.2 Formalizing patterns; 2.3 An executable finite-state script; 3. Practical Application; 3.1 History of computing Semitic stems via intersection; 3.2 The Xerox Arabic morphological analyzer; REFERENCES; COMPUTATIONAL TOOL FOR DEVELOPING MORPHOPHONOLOGICAL MODELS FOR ARABIC; 1. Introduction; 2. Computational Morphology; 3. How to Encode the Lexicon; 4. How to Encode Rules; 5. How to Encode Morphotactics; 6. Conclusion; REFERENCES; III. PHONOLOGY AND HISTORICAL LINGUISTICS; HYPOCORISTIC FORMATION IN AMMANI-JORDANIAN ARABIC; 1. Introduction; 2. Data; 3. An Optimality-Theoretic Analysis; 4. Problematic Cases; 5. Implications and Conclusion; REFERENCES; ON ?INNA, ?ANNA, ET ALIA; 1. Introduction; 1.1 Arabic ?inna and ?anna; 1.2 Obsolescent constructions with ?an and ?in; 2. Problems in Comparative Semitic Phonology; 2.1 The initial laryngeal; 2.2 'Lightened' vs. 'heavy' forms; 2.3 The Proto-Semitic syllabic of the *n-particle; 3. The Semitic *l-Particle; 4. Synthesis; REFERENCES; IV. SOCIOLINGUISTICS; (θ) AND (o) AS TERNARY AND BINARY VARIABLES IN DAMASCENE ARABI; 1. Introduction and Background; 2. The Factor of Prestige; 3. The Present Study; 4. Data Collection and Methodology; 5. Analysis of the Data for Ternary (θ)/(o); 6. Analysis of the Data for Binary (θ)/(o); 7. Conclusion; REFERENCES; TESTING LEXICAL DIFFERENCE IN REGIONAL STANDARD ARABICS; 1. Introduction
• Sommario/riassunto: The papers in this volume deal with various topics in Arabic Linguistics. Most of the papers focus on new issues and introduce new empirical generalizations that haven't been studied before within the context of Arabic linguistics. The syntax and morphosyntax papers explore issues ranging from the nature of extraction strategies to various types of Construct State representations and the proper analysis of the distribution of the nominal, adjectival and verbal mophological features.