Covering all aspects of the history of Arabic, the Arabic linguistic tradition, Arabic dialects,
sociolinguistics and Arabic as a world language, this introductory guide is perfect for …

This article reviews the external evidence bearing on the internal structure of words in
Semitic languages. This evidence comes mostly from psycholinguistics, neurolinguistics and …

Prosodic morphology concerns the interaction of morphological and phonological
determinants of linguistic form and the degree to which one determines the other. This is the …

In this dissertation I propose a rank-ordering model of EVAL. This model differs from classic
OT as follows: In classic OT, EVAL distinguishes the best candidate from the losers, but does …

There are two contending views of Arabic morphology. The first is a morpheme-based
approach which holds that Arabic surface forms consist of a root and a word pattern. The …

The Arabic language is acquired by its native speakers both as a regional spoken Arabic
dialect, acquired in early childhood as a first language, and as the more formal variety …

Over the last two decades, the study of languages and writing systems and their relationship
to literacy acquisition has begun to spread beyond studies based mostly on English …

There are two views about morphology, the aspect of language concerned with the internal
structure of words. One view holds that morphology is a domain of knowledge with a specific …

An original and comprehensive approach to reduplication, with extensive examples and
case studies in many languages. A convincing account of reduplicative phenomena has …

In Prunet, Béland, and Idrissi 2000, we presented evidence from an aphasic subject that
argued for the morphemic status of Arabic consonantal roots. We predicted that inaudible …