Title Arabic indefinites, interrogatives, and negators : a linguistic history of Western dialects / David Wilmsen

Published Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2014

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Description 1 online resource Series Oxford studies in diachronic and historical linguistics ; 14 Oxford studies in diachronic and historical linguistics ; 14. Contents Cover -- Arabic Indefinites, Interrogatives, and Negators: A Linguistic History of Western Dialects -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Series preface -- List of figures and tables -- Transcription and notation -- 1. Introduction: Theory, conventions, and the assessment of facts -- 1.1 Arabic in linguistic theory -- 1.2 A facts-first approach to theory and a theory-free approach to facts -- 1.3 A guide to the perplexing: chapter summaries -- 1.4 A coming to terms -- 1.5 A repayment of debts ""3.8 Negative Å¡i""""3.9 Distribution of Å¡i""; ""3.10 Conclusion""; ""4. Andalusi Arabic negators and interrogatives: Early evidence of grammatical Å¡i""; ""4.1 Indefinite and negative Å¡i in Andalusi Arabic""; ""4.2 A Jespersenâ€?s Cycle?""; ""4.3 Interrogative or negative iÅ¡?""; ""4.4 Rhetorical questions in Arabic""; ""4.5 Arabic interrogatives as exclamatives""; ""4.6 Orthographic idiosyncrasies""; ""4.7 Conclusion""; ""5. Interrogation and negation with Å¡i in North African and Levantine Arabic""; ""5.1 Shared retentions in Andalusi Arabic, North African Arabic, and Maltese"" ""5.2 Copular interrogatives in modern North African dialects""""5.3 A H. Å?rÄ?ni case study""; ""5.4 H.Å?rÄ?ni analogues in other Arabic varieties""; ""5.5 Conclusion""; ""6. Origins of grammatical Å¡i: Southern Arabia or the Levant?""; ""6.1 Possible origins""; ""6.2 A shared West Semitic innovation""; ""6.3 Genera and geography""; ""6.4 Dialects with and without negative Å¡i""; ""6.5 A pre-diaspora southern Arab presence in the Fertile Crescent""; ""6.6 Arab Christians in the pre-Islamic Fertile Crescent""; ""6.7 An ancient Arab presence in the Fertile Crescent"" ""6.8 Levantine or Yemeni?""""6.9 Conclusion""; ""7. Proto-Semitic and Proto-Arabic origins of grammatical Å¡i""; ""7.1 Early evidence of negator -Å¡""; ""7.2 The Semitics of Å¡i""; ""7.3 Implications for Arabic""; ""7.4 Implications for theory""; ""7.5 Processes of grammaticalization""; ""7.6 Degrammaticalization of Å¡i""; ""7.7 Derivational pathways of grammatical Å¡i""; ""7.8 A reassertion of theory: Croftâ€?s Cycle, not Jespersenâ€?s""; ""7.9 A reaffirmation of an assumption: negating with mÄ? is early""; ""7.10 Conclusion""; ""8. On explanation and theory in Arabic linguistics"" Summary This volume demonstrates the significance of the Arabic dialects in understanding the history of Arabic and the Semitic languages, and claims that modern Arabic dialects could not have developed from classical Arabic Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes English Print version record Subject Arabic language -- Dialects -- Grammar Arabic language -- Interrogative Arabic language -- Negatives FOREIGN LANGUAGE STUDY -- Arabic. Arabic language -- Dialects -- Grammar Arabic language -- Interrogative Arabic language -- Negatives Form Electronic book ISBN 9780191027963 0191027960 0191787485 9780191787485

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