Editors’ Introduction

Chapters in this book

1. Prelim pages i
2. Table of contents v
3. Acknowledgements vii
4. Editors’ Introduction ix
5. Part I. Phonetics & phonology
6. Empirical evidence 3
7. Regressive voicing assimilation in Cairene Arabic 21
8. The phonology–syntax interface: 35
9. Leading, linking, and closing tones and tunes in Egyptian Arabic – what a simple intonation system tells us about the nature of intonation 57
10. Part II. Morphology & syntax
11. Arabic agree, silent pronouns, and reciprocals 77
12. Mood feature as case licenser in Modern Standard Arabic 127
13. Extraction and deletion in Palestinian Arabic comparatives 149
14. The verb kan ‘be’ in Moroccan Arabic 167
15. Against the split-CP hypothesis 187
16. Part III. Language acquisition, learning & contact
17. Probability matching in Arabic and Romance morphology 205
18. Gender differences in VOT production of Arabic/English bilingual children 245
19. Phonological processing in diglossic Arabic 269
20. Early acquisition of SVO and VSO word orders in Palestinian Colloquial Arabic 281
21. Index 293