Perspectives on Arabic linguistics XXI : papers from the twenty-first annual symposium on Arabic linguistics, Provo, Utah, March 2007 /
edited by Dilworth B. Parkinson.
- Amsterdam : John Benjamins Publishing Company, 2008.
- x, 206 p. : ill. , charts ; 25 cm.
- Amsterdam studies in the theory and history of linguistic science. Series IV, Current issues in linguistic theory ; v. 301. .
- Amsterdam studies in the theory and history of linguistic science. Series IV, Current issues in linguistic theory: v. 301. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Perspectives on Arabic Linguistics XXI; Editorial page; Title page; LCC data; Contents; Editorial note; Introduction; ORTHOGRAPHIC UNICODE VARIATIONS IN ARABIC; TOWARD AN LFG ACCOUNT OF AGREEMENT MISMATCHES OF NUMERALS WITHIN ARABIC NPS; A TEXT-PRAGMATIC APPROACH TO MOOT QUESTIONS IN ARABIC; THE PRAGMATICS OF DENIAL; YA?NI; CITATIONS IN ARABIC LEGAL OPINION; LANGUAGE POLICY AND FACTORS INFLUENCING IT IN SOME MIDDLE EASTERN COUNTRIES AND MOROCCO; THE PERCEPTION OF ARAB-ACCENTED SPEECH BY AMERICAN NATIVE SPEAKERS AND NON-NATIVE SPEAKERS FROM EAST AND SOUTH-EAST ASIA.
"This volume contains a selection of reviewed and revised papers from the twenty-first Annual Symposium on Arabic Linguistics, which was held on March 2-3, 2007, at Brigham Young University in Provo, Utah. The papers in this volume deal with a variety of topics in Arabic linguistics with a notable number of them emphasizing pragmatic aspects. The papers here included place a high value on the presentation of authentic data and explore different approaches in their analysis."