In these 12 papers presented in May of 2003 and March of 2004, participants review a broad range of issues in current linguistic research, particularly in phonology, morphology and lexicon, sociolinguistics and first and second language acquisition. Specific topics include the length of stem-final vowels in colloquial Arabic, Moraic syllable structure and edge effects, the structure of intonation, phonological processes in connected speech, root formation and polysemic organization, light verbs, lexical aspects of Egyptian Arabic, building a computational lexicon, the history of bayaan (political commentary), optional patterns of agreement, a multi-path approach to the acquisition of Arabic word formation, and L2 acquisition of Arabic morphosyntacic features. Annotation ©2005 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
The papers in this volume are a selection from papers presented at the Annual Symposia on Arabic Linguistics, held in 2003 (Alexandria) and 2004 (Oklahoma). They tackle a broad range of issues in current linguistic research, particularly in the areas of phonology, morphology/lexicon, sociolinguistics, and L1 and L2 acquisition. They are distinguished for the depth of coverage and the types of data considered.
