edited by Reem Bassiouney and E. Graham Katz contributions by E. Graham Katz, Nizha Chatar-Moumni, Kamel A. Elsaadany, Salwa Muhammed Shams, Ali Farghaly, Youssef A. Haddad, Sarah Ouwayda, Usama Soltan, Hana Zabarah, Reem Bassiouney, Elena Canna, Ahmed Fakhri, Gunvor Mejdell, Catherine Miller, Karin C. Ryding, Yasir Suleiman, David Wilmsen, Reem Bassiouney, E. Graham Katz, Reem Bassiouney, E. Graham Katz, Reem Bassiouney, E. Graham Katz and Reem Bassiouney
Georgetown University Press, 2012 Paper: 978-1-58901-885-3 | eISBN: 978-1-58901-891-4 Library of Congress Classification PJ6074.A76 2012 Dewey Decimal Classification 492.70141
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ABOUT THIS BOOK
Arabic, one of the official languages of the United Nations, is spoken by more than half a billion people around the world and is of increasing importance in today’s political and economic spheres. The study of the Arabic language has a long and rich history: earliest grammatical accounts date from the 8th century and include full syntactic, morphological, and phonological analyses of the vernaculars and of Classical Arabic. In recent years the academic study of Arabic has become increasingly sophisticated and broad.
This state-of-the-art volume presents the most recent research in Arabic linguistics from a theoretical point of view, including computational linguistics, syntax, semantics, and historical linguistics. It also covers sociolinguistics, applied linguistics, and discourse analysis by looking at issues such as gender, urbanization, and language ideology. Underlying themes include the changing and evolving attitudes of speakers of Arabic and theoretical approaches to linguistic variation in the Middle East.
AUTHOR BIOGRAPHY
Reem Bassiouney is an associate professor of Arabic linguistics at Georgetown University. She is the author of Arabic Sociolinguistics: Topics in Diglossia, Gender, Identity, and Politics.
E. Graham Katz is an assistant professor in the Department of Linguistics at Georgetown University.
REVIEWS
"A highly readable book, innovative in both coverage and content. Sure to be read with interest and profit by scholars of Arabic language and linguistics."
-- Alison Mackey, professor and head of applied linguistics, Georgetown University
TABLE OF CONTENTS
PrefaceTransliteration conventionsIntroduction
Part I: Theoretical and Computational Linguistics
1. Negation in Moroccan Arabic: Scope and FocusNizha Chatar-Moumni
2. On the Syntax and Semantics of Arabic Universal QuantificationKamel A. Elsaadany and Salwa Muhammed Shams
3. Statistical and Symbolic Paradigms in Arabic Computational LinguisticsAli Farghaly
4. Raising in Standard Arabic: Backward, Forward, and NoneYoussef A. Haddad
5. Construct State Nominals as Semantic PredicatesSarah Ouwayda
6. On Licensing Wh-Scope: Wh-Questions in Egyptian Arabic RevisitedUsama Soltan
7. The Notion of ‘Complete’ and ‘Incomplete’ Verbs in Early Arabic Grammatical Theory: Kāna and Its SistersHana Zabarah
Part II: Sociolinguistics and Applied Linguistics
8. Women and Politeness on Egyptian Talk ShowsReem Bassiouney
9. Bonjour, ça va ? Labas ale-ik? French and Arabic in CasablancaElena Canna
10. Nominalization in Arabic Discourse: A Genre Analysis PerspectiveAhmed Fakhri
11. The Elusiveness of Luġa Wustā—or, Attempting to Catch Its “True Nature”Gunvor Mejdell
12. Mexicans Speaking in Dârija (Moroccan Arabic): Media, Urbanization, and Language Changes in MoroccoCatherine Miller
13. Critical Languages and Critical Thinking: Reframing Academic Arabic ProgramsKarin Christina Ryding
14. Ideology and the Standardization of ArabicYasir Suleiman
15. The Ditransitive Dative Divide in Arabic: Grammaticality Assessments and ActualityDavid Wilmsen
edited by Reem Bassiouney and E. Graham Katz contributions by E. Graham Katz, Nizha Chatar-Moumni, Kamel A. Elsaadany, Salwa Muhammed Shams, Ali Farghaly, Youssef A. Haddad, Sarah Ouwayda, Usama Soltan, Hana Zabarah, Reem Bassiouney, Elena Canna, Ahmed Fakhri, Gunvor Mejdell, Catherine Miller, Karin C. Ryding, Yasir Suleiman, David Wilmsen, Reem Bassiouney, E. Graham Katz, Reem Bassiouney, E. Graham Katz, Reem Bassiouney, E. Graham Katz and Reem Bassiouney
Georgetown University Press, 2012 Paper: 978-1-58901-885-3 eISBN: 978-1-58901-891-4
Arabic, one of the official languages of the United Nations, is spoken by more than half a billion people around the world and is of increasing importance in today’s political and economic spheres. The study of the Arabic language has a long and rich history: earliest grammatical accounts date from the 8th century and include full syntactic, morphological, and phonological analyses of the vernaculars and of Classical Arabic. In recent years the academic study of Arabic has become increasingly sophisticated and broad.
This state-of-the-art volume presents the most recent research in Arabic linguistics from a theoretical point of view, including computational linguistics, syntax, semantics, and historical linguistics. It also covers sociolinguistics, applied linguistics, and discourse analysis by looking at issues such as gender, urbanization, and language ideology. Underlying themes include the changing and evolving attitudes of speakers of Arabic and theoretical approaches to linguistic variation in the Middle East.
AUTHOR BIOGRAPHY
Reem Bassiouney is an associate professor of Arabic linguistics at Georgetown University. She is the author of Arabic Sociolinguistics: Topics in Diglossia, Gender, Identity, and Politics.
E. Graham Katz is an assistant professor in the Department of Linguistics at Georgetown University.
REVIEWS
"A highly readable book, innovative in both coverage and content. Sure to be read with interest and profit by scholars of Arabic language and linguistics."
-- Alison Mackey, professor and head of applied linguistics, Georgetown University
TABLE OF CONTENTS
PrefaceTransliteration conventionsIntroduction
Part I: Theoretical and Computational Linguistics
1. Negation in Moroccan Arabic: Scope and FocusNizha Chatar-Moumni
2. On the Syntax and Semantics of Arabic Universal QuantificationKamel A. Elsaadany and Salwa Muhammed Shams
3. Statistical and Symbolic Paradigms in Arabic Computational LinguisticsAli Farghaly
4. Raising in Standard Arabic: Backward, Forward, and NoneYoussef A. Haddad
5. Construct State Nominals as Semantic PredicatesSarah Ouwayda
6. On Licensing Wh-Scope: Wh-Questions in Egyptian Arabic RevisitedUsama Soltan
7. The Notion of ‘Complete’ and ‘Incomplete’ Verbs in Early Arabic Grammatical Theory: Kāna and Its SistersHana Zabarah
Part II: Sociolinguistics and Applied Linguistics
8. Women and Politeness on Egyptian Talk ShowsReem Bassiouney
9. Bonjour, ça va ? Labas ale-ik? French and Arabic in CasablancaElena Canna
10. Nominalization in Arabic Discourse: A Genre Analysis PerspectiveAhmed Fakhri
11. The Elusiveness of Luġa Wustā—or, Attempting to Catch Its “True Nature”Gunvor Mejdell
12. Mexicans Speaking in Dârija (Moroccan Arabic): Media, Urbanization, and Language Changes in MoroccoCatherine Miller
13. Critical Languages and Critical Thinking: Reframing Academic Arabic ProgramsKarin Christina Ryding
14. Ideology and the Standardization of ArabicYasir Suleiman
15. The Ditransitive Dative Divide in Arabic: Grammaticality Assessments and ActualityDavid Wilmsen
ABOUT THIS BOOK | AUTHOR BIOGRAPHY | REVIEWS | TOC