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Al-Arabiyya2
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On the Meaning of the "Waw al-ma iyya" Construction.
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Baalbaki, Ramzi – Al-Arabiyya, 1986
Reviews literature pertaining to the subtle differences between the meanings of the particles "waw al-ma iyya" and "fa al-sababiyya," emphasizing their construction differences. (CB)
Descriptors: Arabic, Phrase Structure, Semantics, Structural Analysis (Linguistics)
Marked vs. Unmarked Structures in Modern Written Arabic (Part I).
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Thalji, Abdel-Majid I. – Al-Arabiyya, 1986
Considers marked and unmarked structures in modern Arabic in terms of defending a basic unmarked structure which carries the least presuppositional background to which other surface orders can be related and a lexical treatment of number in Arabic. (CB)
Descriptors: Arabic, Deep Structure, Morphology (Languages), Nouns