Arabic Language and Linguistics

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: K_na and Its SistersHana Zabarah Part II: Sociolinguistics and Applied Linguistics 8. Women and Politeness on Egyptian Talk ShowsReem Bassiouney 9. Bonjour, ca va ? Labas ale-ik? French and Arabic in CasablancaElena Canna 10. Nominalization in Arabic Discourse: A Genre Analysis PerspectiveAhmed Fakhri 11. The Elusiveness of Lu_a Wust_ -- or, Attempting to Catch Its "True Nature"Gunvor Mejdell 12. Mexicans Speaking in Darija (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