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Title: Arabic indefinites, interrogatives, and negators : a linguistic history of western dialects / David Wilmsen.
Oxford studies in diachronic and historical linguistics ;
Oxford studies in diachronic and historical linguistics ;
Author: Wilmsen, David William, author.
General Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 216-237) and index.
This book traces the origins and development of the Arabic grammatical marker s/si, which is found in interrogatives, negators, and indefinite determiners over a broad dialect area that stretches from the southern Levant to North Africa and includes dialects of Yemen and Oman. David Wilmsen draws on data from old vernacular Arabic texts and from a variety of Arabic dialects, and shows that, contrary to much of the literature on the diachrony of this morpheme, s/si does not derive from Arabic say 'thing'. Instead, he argues that it dates back to a pre-Arabic stage of West Semitic and probably has its origins in a Semitic demonstrative pronoun. On this theory, Arabic say could in fact derive from s/si, and not vice versa. The book 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. It will be of interest to historical linguists of all persuasions from graduate level upwards, particularly all those working on Arabic and other Semitic languages.

Publisher: Oxford University Press,
Publication Place: Oxford :
ISBN: 9780198718123
0198718128
Subject: Arabic language -- Dialects -- Grammar.
Arabic language -- Interrogative.
Arabic language -- Negatives.
Arabic language -- Dialects -- Grammar.
Arabic language -- Interrogative.
Arabic language -- Negatives.
Series: Oxford studies in diachronic and historical linguistics ; 14
Oxford studies in diachronic and historical linguistics ; 14.
Edition: First edition.
Physical Description: xv, 245 pages ;

Publication Date: 2014.

	Agency:	Collection:	Call No.:	Item Type:	Status:	Item Notes:	Barcode:	Media Type:
	Yarmouk	General	PJ6713 .W55 2014	Normal Circulation	Available	الكتاب موجود في الطابق الثاني	YU560157	Book