Arabic Indefinites, Interrogatives, and Negators: A Linguistic History of Western Dialects
Author:   David Wilmsen (Professor of Arabic, Professor of Arabic, The American University of Beirut)
Publisher:   Oxford University Press
Volume:   14
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9780198718123


Pages:   264
Publication Date:   30 October 2014
Format:   Hardback
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Author:   David Wilmsen (Professor of Arabic, Professor of Arabic, The American University of Beirut)
Publisher:   Oxford University Press
Imprint:   Oxford University Press
Volume:   14
Dimensions:   Width: 16.20cm , Height: 2.30cm , Length: 24.00cm
Weight:   0.558kg
ISBN:  

9780198718123


ISBN 10:   0198718128
Pages:   264
Publication Date:   30 October 2014
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   To order   Availability explained
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1: Introduction 2: On the age and origins of spoken Arabic vernaculars 3: f=iš wa bidd=iš: The functions of š=i 4: Andalusi Arabic negators and interrogatives: Early evidence of grammatical š=i 5: Interrogation and negation with š=i in North African and Levantine Arabic 6: Origins of grammatical š=i: Southern Arabia or the Levant? 7: Proto-Semitic and Proto-Arabic origins of grammatical š=i 8: On explanation and theory in Arabic linguistics

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David Wilmsen is Professor of Arabic in the Department of Arabic and Near Eastern Languages at The American University of Beirut. He has spent 30 years studying Arabic, and 20 years living in Jordan, Egypt, and Lebanon. He has previously held posts at The American University in Cairo and Georgetown University, and his work has been published in a number of journals including Zeitschrift für Arabische Linguistik, Journal of Semitic Studies, and Arabica.

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