Perspectives on Arabic Linguistics: Papers from the Annual Symposium on Arabic Linguistics. Volume XIX: Urbana, Illinois, April 2005

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. Perspectives on Arabic Linguistics XIX......Page 2 Editorial page......Page 3 Title page......Page 4 copyright page......Page 5 CONTENTS......Page 6 ACKNOWLEDGMENTS......Page 8 FOREWORD......Page 10 I. Computational and Corpus Linguistics......Page 16 1. Introduction......Page 18 2. Determining Semantic Similarity......Page 19 3. Determining Phonetic Similarity......Page 23 4. Results and Discussion......Page 27 REFERENCES......Page 31 1. Introduction......Page 34 2. PAPPI Architecture......Page 35 3. NegP and VSO......Page 45 4. VSO/SOV Word Order and the AGR Criterion......Page 46 5. Conclusions......Page 49 REFERENCES......Page 50 1. Introduction......Page 52 2. The Verb [omitted]......Page 53 3. The Particle qad......Page 58 4. Conclusion......Page 74 REFER ENCES......Page 75 1. Introduction......Page 78 2. Prior Work......Page 79 3. A Statistical Approach......Page 82 4. Learning......Page 85 5. Conclusions......Page 88 REFERENCES......Page 89 1. Introduction......Page 92 2. Data Structures......Page 94 3. Installation and General Setup......Page 97 4. The Quest for Improper Annexation......Page 99 5. Applications and Prospects......Page 104 7. Acknowledgements......Page 106 REFERENCES......Page 107 II. Phonology, Morphology, and Syntax......Page 110 1. Introduction......Page 112 2. Vowel Duration and Syllable Structure along the Continuum......Page 114 3. Speech Rhythm......Page 118 4. Intonation......Page 126 5. Conclusion......Page 133 REFERENCES......Page 135 1. Introduction......Page 138 3. Previous Studies......Page 139 4. Study 1: Sound Roots......Page 140 5. Study 2: Sound and Disrupted Patterns......Page 146 6. General Discussion......Page 152 APENDIX 1......Page 154 APENDIX 2......Page 157 APENDIX 3......Page 161 References......Page 164 1. Introduction......Page 166 2. The Phonetic Context of Affrication......Page 168 3. The Stem as the Domain of Affrication......Page 171 4. Paradigm Uniformity Effects......Page 173 5. Doublets......Page 181 6. Conclusion......Page 185 REFERENCES......Page 187 1. Tense and Aspect in Moroccan Arabic......Page 190 2. Complex Tense vs. ECM Constructions......Page 196 3. Conclusion......Page 203 REFERENCES......Page 204 1. Introduction......Page 206 2. First Conjunct Agreement in Standard Arabic......Page 208 3. A Spec-Head Agreement Approach to FCA......Page 215 4. The SVAA Revisited: A Base-Generation Analysis......Page 218 5. Deriving FCA: AGREE and Postcyclic Merge......Page 219 6. Conclusions......Page 226 REFERENCES......Page 227 III. Sociolinguistics and Second Language Acquisition......Page 230 1. Introduction......Page 232 2. Null Subjects in L1 Acquisition......Page 234 3. Null Subjects in L2 Acquisition......Page 237 4. Methods......Page 243 5. Discussion and Conclusion......Page 253 REFERENCES......Page 256 1. Introduction......Page 262 2. Variants of the qaaf in Northwest and Northeast Africa......Page 267 3. Variants of the qaaf in the Eastern Mediterranean Region (EMR)......Page 272 4. Variants of the qaaf in the Northern and Central Arabian Peninsula......Page 274 5. Variants of the qaaf in the Southern Arabian Peninsula......Page 276 6. Conclusion......Page 277 REFERENCES......Page 278 1. Introduction......Page 282 2. Diglossia, Triglossia or Quadriglossia?......Page 283 4. Language Tension......Page 287 5. Language Attitudes......Page 289 6. Conclusion......Page 290 REFERENCES......Page 291 1. Introduction......Page 292 2. The Linguistic Situation in Morocco......Page 293 3. The Interaction of Language and Gender in Morocco......Page 298 4. Moroccan Women’s Strategies of Communication......Page 304 REFERENCES......Page 312 INDEX OF SUBJECTS......Page 316 CURRENT ISSUES IN LINGUISTIC THEORY......Page 320