Introduction

Chapters in this book

1. Prelim pages i
2. Table of contents v
3. Acknowledgments vii
4. Introduction 1
5. Part I. Phonetics and phonology
6. How to delete 7
7. Are there transfer effects in the Arabic comparative? 33
8. Gemination in Rural Jordanian Arabic 53
9. Part II. Syntax
10. On complex adjectival phrases in Standard Arabic 79
11. The syntax of negative coordination in Jordanian Arabic 93
12. Huwwa 113
13. Syntactic parallels between verbal and nominal φ-morphology in Classical Arabic 133
14. Part III. Experimental and computational linguistics
15. Resumption ameliorates different islands differentially 159
16. A probabilistic approach to stress assignment in Arabic 195
17. Subject index 219