Perspectives on Arabic Linguistics XIX : Papers from the Nineteenth Annual Symposium on Arabic Linguistics, Urbana, April 2005

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910823240703321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Amsterdam ; ; Philadelphia, : John Benjamins Pub. Co., 2007
• ISBN: 1-282-15198-3; 9786612151989; 90-272-9130-6
• Edizione: [1st ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (xiv, 304 pages)
• Collana: Amsterdam studies in the theory and history of linguistic science. Series 4, Current issues in linguistic theory ; ; v. 289; CILT ; ; 289; Current issues in linguistic theory ; ; 289
• Altri autori (Persone): BenmamounElabbas
• Disciplina: 492.705;492/.7/05
• Soggetti: Arabic language - Grammar; Arabic language - Semantics; Arabic language - Syntax
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Perspectives on Arabic Linguistics XIX -- Editorial page -- Title page -- copyright page -- CONTENTS -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- FOREWORD -- I. Computational and Corpus Linguistics -- SYSTEMATICITY IN THE ARABIC MENTAL LEXICON -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Determining Semantic Similarity -- 3. Determining Phonetic Similarity -- 4. Results and Discussion -- 5. Further Work -- REFERENCES -- ARABIC PAPPI -- 1. Introduction -- 2. PAPPI Architecture -- 3. NegP and VSO -- 4. VSO/SOV Word Order and the AGR Criterion -- 5. Conclusions -- REFERENCES -- CORPUS-BASED LINGUISTIC ANALYSES -- 1. Introduction -- 2. The Verb Ɂawʃaka -- 3. The Particle qad -- 4. Conclusion -- REFER ENCES -- LEARNING ARABIC MORPHOLOGY USING STATISTICAL CONSTRAINT-SATISFACTION MODELS -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Prior Work -- 3. A Statistical Approach -- 4. Learning -- 5. Conclusions -- REFERENCES -- LEARNING TO USE THE PRAGUE ARABIC DEPENDENCY TREEBANK -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Data Structures -- 3. Installation and General Setup -- 4. The Quest for Improper Annexation ; -- 5. Applications and Prospects -- 6. Conclusion -- 7. Acknowledgements -- REFERENCES -- II. Phonology, Morphology, and Syntax -- INTONATIONAL AND RHYTHMIC PATTERNS ACROSS THE ARABIC DIALECT CONTINUUM -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Vowel Duration and Syllable Structure along the Continuum -- 3. Speech Rhythm -- 4. Intonation -- 5. Conclusion -- REFERENCES -- Roots and patterns in Arabic Lexical Processing -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Theories of Arabic Morphology: Patterns and Roots or Stems and Affixes? -- 3. Previous Studies -- 4. Study 1: Sound Roots -- 5. Study 2: Sound and Disrupted Patterns -- 6. General Discussion -- APPENDIX 1 -- APPENDIX 2 -- APPENDIX 3 -- References -- AFFRICATION IN NORTH ARABIC REVISITED -- 1. Introduction -- 2. The Phonetic Context of Affrication -- 3. The Stem as the Domain of Affrication.; 4. Paradigm Uniformity Effects -- 5. Doublets -- 6. Conclusion -- APPENDIX -- REFERENCES -- THE SYNTAX OF COMPLEX TENSE IN MOROCCAN ARABIC -- 1. Tense and Aspect in Moroccan Arabic -- 2. Complex Tense vs. ECM Constructions -- 3. Conclusion -- REFERENCES -- ON AGREE AND POSTCYCLIC MERGE IN SYNTACTIC DERIVATIONS -- 1. Introduction -- 2. First Conjunct Agreement in Standard Arabic -- 3. A Spec-Head Agreement Approach to FCA -- 4. The SVAA Revisited: A Base-Generation Analysis -- 5. Deriving FCA: AGREE and Postcyclic Merge -- 6. Conclusions -- REFERENCES -- III. Sociolinguistics and Second Language Acquisition -- NULL SUBJECTS USE BY ENGLISH AND SPANISH LEARNERS OFARABIC AS AN L2 -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Null Subjects in L1 Acquisition -- 3. Null Subjects in L2 Acquisition -- 4. Methods -- 5. Discussion and Conclusion -- REFERENCES -- LINGUISTIC DIVERSITY -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Variants of the qaaf in Northwest and Northeast Africa -- 3. Variants of the qaaf in the Eastern Mediterranean Region (EMR) -- 4. Variants of the qaaf in the Northern and Central Arabian Peninsula -- 5. Variants of the qaaf in the Southern Arabian Peninsula -- 6. Conclusion -- REFERENCES -- ARABIC SOCIOLINGUISTICS AND CULTURAL DIVERSITY IN MOROCCO -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Diglossia, Triglossia or Quadriglossia? -- 3. Standard Arabic-French Bilingualism -- 4. Language Tension -- 5. Language Attitudes -- 6. Conclusion -- REFERENCES -- THE GENDERED USE OF ARABIC AND OTHER LANGUAGES IN MOROCCO -- 1. Introduction -- 2. The Linguistic Situation in Morocco -- 3. The Interaction of Language and Gender in Morocco -- 4. Moroccan Women's Strategies of Communication -- 5. Conclusion -- REFERENCES -- INDEX OF SUBJECTS -- CURRENT ISSUES IN LINGUISTIC THEORY.
• Sommario/riassunto: This volume offers a selection from the papers presented at the 2005 Annual Symposium on Arabic Linguistics, held at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. The papers cover a variety of topics in Arabic Linguistics, ranging from the lexicon, phonology, syntax and computational linguistics.