This volume has six essays and one book review. One essay is in Arabic.
Editors Note v
Acknowledgments vii
Articles
Processing Passive Constructions in Arabic and English: A Crosslanguage
Priming Study 1
by Michael Grosvald and Tariq Khwaileh
Voice Onset Time in Arabic and English Stop Consonants 29
by D. Eve Olson and Rachel Hayes- Harb
Why Standard Arabic Is Not a Second Language for Native Speakers of Arabic
49
by Abdulkafi Albirini
They dont speak Arabic: Producing and Reproducing Language Ideologies
toward Moroccan Arabic 73
by Dris Soulaimani
The Effects of Songs on Vocabulary Retention in Foreign Language Acquisition:
The Case of Arabic 101
by Guilnard Moufarrej and Charbel Salameh
Rhetoric of Argumentation in Al- Mutanabb?s Ayniyya Poem: Others Are
Deceived by Most of These People 125
by Mufleh Al- Hweitat
Book Reviews
Mastering Arabic 12, 3rd ed. Jane Wightwick and Mahmoud Gaafar. 151
Reviewed by Mahmoud Ali
Arabic as One Language: Integrating Dialect in the Arabic Language
Curriculum. Edited by Mahmoud Al- Batal. 159
Reviewed by Roger Allen
Arabic Literature for the Classroom: Teaching Methods, Theories, Themes and
Texts. Edited by Muhsin J. al- Musawi. 163
Reviewed by Sawad Hussain
The Female Suffering Body: Illness and Disability in Modern Arabic
Literature. Abir Hamdar. 167
Reviewed by Aman Attieh
Monarch of the Square: An Anthology of Muhammad Zafzafs Short Stories.
Translated by Mbarek Sryfi and Roger Allen. 171
Reviewed by Katrien Vanpee
Mohammad Alhawary is professor of Arabic linguistics and second language acquisition at the University of Michigan. He is the editor of the Journal of Arabic Linguistics Tradition and author of many works, including Modern Standard Arabic Grammar: A Learner's Guide, Arabic Grammar in Context, and Arabic Second Language Acquisition of Morphosyntax.
