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A Relevance-Theoretic Approach to the Discourse Marker Hasa 'Now' in Jordanian Arabic
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Al Kayed, Murad – Journal of Language and Linguistic Studies, 2021
The study aims at investigating the discourse marker "hasa" 'now' in Jordanian Arabic using relevance theory. The study also examined the grammaticalization of "hasa" and how it developed to be a discourse marker. The study also explored the functions of "hasa" in Jordanian Arabic. The data, which consisted of 500…
Descriptors: Grammar, Form Classes (Languages), Semitic Languages, Foreign Countries
The Licensing of Negative Sensitive Items in Jordanian Arabic
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Alsarayreh, Atef – ProQuest LLC, 2012
This study investigates the licensing conditions on Negative Sensitive Items (NSIs) in Jordanian Arabic (JA). JA exhibits both types of NSIs that are discussed in the literature: Negative Polarity Items (NPIs) and Negative Concord Items (NCIs). Although these two sets of items seem to form a natural class in the sense that they show certain…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Semitic Languages, Phrase Structure, Semantics
Proceedings of the Annual Linguistics Conference (2nd, Irbid, Jordan, April 1983).
Owens, Jonathan, Comp.; Abu-Salim, Issam, Comp. – 1983
A collection of conference papers includes: "More on Arabic Vowel Harmony: A Metrical-Suprasegmental Approach" (Issam Abu-Salim); "The Phonological Assimilation of Borrowing" (Saleh Suleiman); "On Getting a Head: A Problem in Dependency Grammar" (Jonathan Owens); "Negation in Jordanian Arabic: A Developmental…
Descriptors: Arabic, English (Second Language), Foreign Countries, Grammar