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Abstract:
The papers in this volume are a selection from papers presented at the Annual Symposium on Arabic Linguistics, held in Cambridge, UK, in 2002. They deal with a wide range of theoretical issues in varieties of Arabic.
Table of contents
Acknowledgments vii
Preface Sami Boudelaa ix-xi
The Organization of the Lexicon in Arabic and Other Semitic Languages Georges Bohas 1-37
The Plural of Paucity in Arabic and Its Actual Scope: On two claims by Siibawayhi and Al-Farraa' Ignacio Ferrando 39-61
Empty Nuclei in Arabic Speech Patterns and the Diacritic sukuun Michael Ingleby and Fatmah A. Baothman 83-94
Representing Coarticulation Processes in Arabic Speech Michael Ingleby and Fatmah A. Baothman 95-102
The Textual Component in Classical Arabic: Investigating information structure Salwa A. Kamel 103-130
Acoustic and Auditory Differences in the /t/-/t?/ Opposition in Male and Female Speakers of Jordanian Arabic Ghada Khattab, Feda Al-Tamimi and Barry Heselwood 131-160
Pharyngealization Effects in Maltese Arabic Mary Ann Walter 161-178
Index 179-181
Linguistic Field(s): Discourse Analysis Lexicography Morphology Phonology Syntax