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@book{fds331478,
Author = {Benmamoun, E and Bassiouney, R},
Title = {Introduction},
Pages = {1-8},
Publisher = {Routledge},
Year = {2017},
Month = {January},
ISBN = {9781138783331},
url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.4324/9781315147062},
Abstract = {The poet Hafez Ibrahim has a memorable line in his famous
poem on the Arabic language. In that line, Arabic boasts
that it is a sea whose depths contain treasures and then
wonders whether the diver has been asked about them. For
modern linguists, that line applies to all natural
languages. Though there has been extensive research on many
languages from many regions of the globe, there are still
too many unanswered questions and still many depths to
plumb. What makes research on natural language challenging
is its inherently multifaceted character. Language is a
human faculty that can be acquired by both children and
adults, and can get impaired. Those attributes engage
psychology and neuroscience. Language also reflects social
stratification and the dynamics of social interactions and
relations, properties that engage fields such as Sociology
and Anthropology. Unlike other cognitive faculties,
individual languages undergo change, some of which is due to
contact with other languages. The latter properties depend
for their analysis on knowledge of history, population
movement, and intimate familiarity with the languages in the
contact situation. Language can also be modeled
computationally, and due to advances in information
technology we now have tools that can, with varying degrees
of success, recognize and produce language. However, the
most obvious property of language is that it is a means for
communication and artistic expression. The communicative
function of language is carried out through sounds, signs,
words, and longer expressions, such as phrases, sentences,
and extended discourse. These overt manifestations of
language can also vary between languages but may display
properties that are similar, raising questions about their
nature and what they reflect about human cognition.
Unfortunately, research on languages has been uneven, mostly
due to lack of resources and expertise. Some languages,
particularly English, have received extensive attention and
have been explored from the different angles mentioned
earlier. Other languages, however, have not been as
fortunate - and some, including some Arabic varieties such
as Sason Arabic discussed by Akkus in Chapter 25 - may never
get that chance because they may become extinct in a few
generations. The majority of Arabic varieties, including
Standard Arabic, falls somewhere in between. Some aspects of
the Arabic language have long featured prominently in
linguistic research going back several centuries to the
Arabic linguistic tradition. That research focused
particularly on the sounds patterns of Arabic, word
formation, some aspects of syntax and semantics, and
dialectal/regional variation. Other aspects of Arabic have
started getting the attention of the linguistic community
only in the last century and early in this century. This
handbook 2aims to take stock of where the research stands in
many of those areas. The chapters in this volume aim to
provide the reader with an overview of the state of the
research in various areas of Arabic linguistics, describe
the results and the research that led to them, and point to
future directions. We could not do justice to all the areas
of Arabic linguistics but we have tried to focus on research
that has enriched the debates on Arabic and its varieties
while also contributing to larger questions about natural
language in its different manifestations, either because
Arabic displays some properties that shed further light on
some complex general issues, such as subject verb agreement,
negation, tense, syllabification, acquisition of heritage
Arabic, etc., or where Arabic can highlight properties that
are not as well-known crosslinguistically, such as
diglossia, the role of the consonantal root in word
formation, and experimental and computational approaches to
a language with a root and pattern system.},
Doi = {10.4324/9781315147062},
Key = {fds331478}
}
@book{fds326442,
Author = {Aoun, JE and Benmamoun, E and Choueiri, L},
Title = {The syntax of Arabic},
Volume = {9780521650175},
Pages = {1-247},
Publisher = {Cambridge University Press},
Year = {2009},
Month = {January},
ISBN = {9780521650175},
url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511691775},
Abstract = {Recent research on the syntax of Arabic has produced
valuable literature on the major syntactic phenomena found
in the language. This guide to Arabic syntax provides an
overview of the major syntactic constructions in Arabic that
have featured in recent linguistic debates, and discusses
the analyses provided for them in the literature. A broad
variety of topics are covered, including argument structure,
negation, tense, agreement phenomena, and resumption. The
discussion of each topic sums up the key research results
and provides new points of departure for further research.
The book also contrasts Standard Arabic with other Arabic
varieties spoken in the Arab world. An engaging guide to
Arabic syntax, this book will be invaluable to graduate
students interested in Arabic grammar, as well as syntactic
theorists and typologists.},
Doi = {10.1017/CBO9780511691775},
Key = {fds326442}
}
@book{fds326443,
Author = {Benmamoun, E},
Title = {Perspectives on Arabic Linguistics XIX Papers from the
Nineteenth Annual Symposium on Arabic Linguistics, Urbana,
Illinois, April 2005},
Pages = {304 pages},
Publisher = {John Benjamins Publishing},
Year = {2007},
ISBN = {9789027248046},
Abstract = {Printbegrænsninger: Der kan printes 10 sider ad gangen og
max. 40 sider pr. session},
Key = {fds326443}
}
@book{fds326446,
Author = {Alhawary, MT and Benmamoun, E},
Title = {Perspectives on Arabic Linguistics XVII-XVIII Papers from
the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Annual Symposia on Arabic
Linguistics},
Pages = {315 pages},
Publisher = {John Benjamins Publishing},
Year = {2005},
Month = {January},
ISBN = {9789027247810},
Abstract = {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).},
Key = {fds326446}
}
@book{fds331479,
Title = {Perspectives on Arabic Linguistics Papers from the ...
Annual Symposium on Arabic Linguistics},
Pages = {264 pages},
Year = {2002},
Abstract = {Causative constructions in English. 1998. 167. BENMAMOUN,
Elabbas, Mushira EID and Niloofar HAERI (eds): Perspectives
on Arabic Linguistics Vol. XI. Papers from the Eleventh
Annual Symposium on Arabic Linguistics, Atlanta, 1997. 1998.
168. RATCLIFFE, Robert R.: The "Broken" Plural
Problem in Arabic and Comparative Semitic. Allomorphy and
analogy in non-concatenative morphology. 1998. 169.
GHADESSY, Mohsen (ed.): Text and Context in Functional
Linguistics . 1999.},
Key = {fds331479}
}
@book{fds331480,
Author = {Parkinson, DB and Benmamoun, E},
Title = {Perspectives on Arabic Linguistics XIII-XIV Papers from the
Thirteenth and Fourteenth Annual Symposia on Arabic
Linguistics},
Pages = {248 pages},
Publisher = {John Benjamins Publishing Company},
Year = {2002},
ISBN = {9781588112729},
Abstract = {The papers in this collection derive from the Annual
Symposia on Arabic Linguistics held in Stanford (1999) and
Berkeley (2000).},
Key = {fds331480}
}
@book{fds326448,
Author = {Benmamoun, E},
Title = {The Feature Structure of Functional Categories A Comparative
Study of Arabic Dialects},
Pages = {192 pages},
Publisher = {Oxford University Press},
Year = {2000},
Month = {February},
ISBN = {9780195353143},
Abstract = {The book brings new insights to issues related to the syntax
of functional categories, the relation between syntax and
the morpho-phonological component, and comparative
syntax.},
Key = {fds326448}
}
@book{fds331481,
Author = {Lappin, S and Benmamoun, E},
Title = {Fragments Studies in Ellipsis and Gapping},
Pages = {320 pages},
Publisher = {Oxford University Press},
Year = {1999},
Month = {January},
ISBN = {9780195352658},
Abstract = {This volume contains essays on ellipsis -- the omission of
understood words from a sentence -- and the closely related
phenomena of gapping.},
Key = {fds331481}
}
@book{fds331482,
Author = {Benmamoun, E},
Title = {Perspectives on Arabic Linguistics},
Pages = {204 pages},
Publisher = {John Benjamins Publishing Company},
Editor = {Benmamoun, E},
Year = {1999},
ISBN = {1556199678},
Abstract = {The papers in this volume deal with various topics in Arabic
Linguistics. Most of the papers focus on new issues and
introduce new empirical generalizations that haven't
been studied before within the context of Arabic
linguistics.},
Key = {fds331482}
}
%% Papers Published
@article{fds326431,
Author = {Benmamoun, E and Albirini, A},
Title = {Is learning a standard variety similar to learning a new
language?: Evidence from heritage speakers of
Arabic},
Journal = {Studies in Second Language Acquisition},
Volume = {40},
Number = {1},
Pages = {31-61},
Publisher = {Cambridge University Press (CUP)},
Year = {2018},
Month = {March},
url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0272263116000383},
Abstract = {This study examines heritage speakers' knowledge of Standard
Arabic (SA) and compares their patterns of SA acquisition to
those of learners of SA as second/foreign language (L2). In
addition, the study examines the influence of previously
acquired language varieties, including Colloquial Arabic
(QA), on SA acquisition.1 To this end, the study compares 35
heritage speakers, 28 L2 learners, and 16 controls with
respect to sentential negation, an area where SA and QA
diverge significantly. The participants completed five oral
tasks targeting negation of eight different clause types.
The findings showed that L2 learners and heritage speakers
performed comparably, encountered similar difficulties, and
produced similar patterns of errors. However, whereas L2
learners did not display clear transfer effects from L1
(English), heritage speakers showed both positive and
negative influence of L1 (QA). The results shed light on the
dynamics of the interaction between the spoken heritage
languages and their written standard counterparts with
specific focus on diglossic contexts.},
Doi = {10.1017/S0272263116000383},
Key = {fds326431}
}
@article{fds326432,
Author = {Albirini, A and Benmamoun, E},
Title = {Factors affecting the retention of sentential negation in
heritage Egyptian Arabic},
Journal = {Bilingualism},
Volume = {18},
Number = {3},
Pages = {470-489},
Publisher = {Cambridge University Press (CUP)},
Year = {2015},
Month = {July},
url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S1366728914000066},
Abstract = {This study investigates the areas of resilience and
vulnerability in sentential negation in heritage Egyptian
Arabic and explores their theoretical implications. Egyptian
heritage speakers completed three narrative production
tasks, five experimental production tasks, and a
acceptability judgment task. The results indicate that they
have a full grasp of the location of negation and its
configurational properties, but diverge from native speakers
in such aspects of sentential negation as merger with
lexical heads and dependency or licensing relations. We
propose that these asymmetric patterns are due to various
factors, including the age at which a structure is typically
acquired in the L1, as well as its morphological and
syntactic characteristics. The results of this study have
implications for the ongoing debate in heritage language
research about the linguistic areas that display greater
stability/vulnerability. For example, phrase structure seems
less vulnerable than licensing dependencies and the mapping
between syntax and the morphological interface.},
Doi = {10.1017/S1366728914000066},
Key = {fds326432}
}
@article{fds326433,
Author = {Albirini, A and Benmamoun, E},
Title = {Concatenative and nonconcatenative plural formation in L1,
L2, and heritage speakers of Arabic},
Journal = {Modern Language Journal},
Volume = {98},
Number = {3},
Pages = {854-871},
Publisher = {WILEY},
Year = {2014},
Month = {September},
url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/modl.12126},
Abstract = {This study compares Arabic L1, L2, and heritage speakers'
(HS) knowledge of plural formation, which involves
concatenative and nonconcatenative modes of derivation.
Ninety participants (divided equally among L1, L2, and
heritage speakers) completed two oral tasks: a picture
naming task (to measure proficiency) and a plural formation
task. The findings indicate that both L2 learners and
heritage speakers have consistent problems with
nonconcatenative plural morphology (particularly plurals
with geminated and defective roots). However, the
difficulties that heritage speakers displayed were mainly
restricted to forms that are acquired late by L1 children,
unlike L2 learners who displayed a sharp performance
dichotomy between concatenative and nonconcatenative
plurals. Furthermore, with regard to the default strategy,
heritage speakers resorted to the language-specific default
form, namely the sound feminine, whereas L2 learners opted
for the sound masculine, which is likely a case of adhering
to a universal tendency.},
Doi = {10.1111/modl.12126},
Key = {fds326433}
}
@article{fds326434,
Author = {Albirini, A and Benmamoun, E},
Title = {Aspects of second-language transfer in the oral production
of Egyptian and Palestinian heritage speakers},
Journal = {International Journal of Bilingualism},
Volume = {18},
Number = {3},
Pages = {244-273},
Publisher = {SAGE Publications},
Year = {2014},
Month = {January},
url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1367006912441729},
Abstract = {The nature and extent of the impact of language transfer in
majority-minority language contexts have been widely debated
in both second- and heritage-language acquisition. This
study examines four linguistic areas in three oral
narratives collected from Egyptian and Palestinian heritage
speakers in the United States (namely, plural and dual
morphology, possessive constructions, and restrictive
relative clauses), with a special focus on how the second
language (English) influences the structure and use of these
areas in connected discourse. In addition, the study
examines the relationship between second-language transfer
and the incompleteness and attrition of heritage Arabic. The
findings show that heritage speakers have various gaps in
their knowledge of the examined areas, particularly in forms
and patterns that diverge from their counterparts in their
dominant L2. The results also suggest that transfer effects
are restricted to specific forms that are marked (e.g.
broken plurals), infrequent (duals), or characterized by
processing difficulty (as seems to be the case with the
dependencies in the relative clauses). Moreover, transfer
effects are intimately related to both the attrition and
incomplete acquisition of the speakers' knowledge of the
four areas under study. The implications of the study for
heritage language research are discussed. © The Author(s)
2012.},
Doi = {10.1177/1367006912441729},
Key = {fds326434}
}
@article{fds326435,
Author = {Benmamoun, E and Albirini, A and Montrul, S and Saadah,
E},
Title = {Arabic plurals and root and pattern morphology in
Palestinian and Egyptian heritage speakers},
Journal = {Linguistic Approaches to Bilingualism},
Volume = {4},
Number = {1},
Pages = {89-123},
Publisher = {John Benjamins Publishing Company},
Year = {2014},
Month = {January},
url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1075/lab.4.1.04ben},
Abstract = {This study investigates heritage speakers' knowledge of
plural formation in their colloquial varieties of Arabic,
which use both concatenative and non-concatentative modes of
derivation. In the concatenative derivation, a plural suffix
attaches to the singular stem (muhandis 'engineer-sg.' →
muhandis-iin 'engineer-pl'); in the non-concatenative, the
relation between the singular (gamal 'camel') and the plural
(gimaal 'camels') typically involves vocalic and prosodic
alternations with the main shared similarity between the two
forms being the consonantal root (e.g., g-m-l). In
linguistic approaches, non-concatenative patterns have been
captured in different ways, though the earliest and most
recognizable approach involves the mapping of a consonantal
root onto a plural template. We investigated heritage
speakers' knowledge of the root and pattern system in two
independent experiments. In Experiment 1, oral narratives
were elicited from 20 heritage speakers and 20 native
speakers of Egyptian and Palestinian Arabic. In Experiment
2, another group of 24 heritage speakers and 24 native
speakers of the same dialects completed an oral
picture-description task. The results of the two experiments
show that heritage speakers' knowledge of the root and
pattern system of Arabic is not target-like. Yet, they have
a good grasp of the root and template as basic units of word
formation in their heritage Arabic dialects. We discuss
implications for debates about the acquisition of the root
and pattern system of Arabic morphology.},
Doi = {10.1075/lab.4.1.04ben},
Key = {fds326435}
}
@article{fds326436,
Author = {Benmamoun, E and Montrul, S and Polinsky, M},
Title = {Defining an "ideal" heritage speaker: Theoretical and
methodological challenges Reply to peer commentaries},
Journal = {Theoretical Linguistics},
Volume = {39},
Number = {3-4},
Pages = {259-294},
Publisher = {WALTER DE GRUYTER GMBH},
Year = {2013},
Month = {November},
url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1515/tl-2013-0018},
Doi = {10.1515/tl-2013-0018},
Key = {fds326436}
}
@article{fds326437,
Author = {Benmamoun, E and Montrul, S and Polinsky, M},
Title = {Heritage languages and their speakers: Opportunities and
challenges for linguistics},
Journal = {Theoretical Linguistics},
Volume = {39},
Number = {3-4},
Pages = {129-181},
Publisher = {WALTER DE GRUYTER GMBH},
Year = {2013},
Month = {November},
url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1515/tl-2013-0009},
Abstract = {In this paper, we bring to the attention of the linguistic
community recent research on heritage languages. Shifting
linguistic attention from the model of a monolingual speaker
to the model of a multilingual speaker is important for the
advancement of our understanding of the language faculty.
Native speaker competence is typically the result of normal
first language acquisition in an environment where the
native language is dominant in various contexts, and
learners have extensive and continuous exposure to it and
opportunities to use it. Heritage speakers present a
different case: they are bilingual speakers of an ethnic or
immigrant minority language, whose first language often does
not reach native-like attainment in adulthood. We propose a
set of connections between heritage language studies and
theory construction, underscoring the potential that this
population offers for linguistic research. We examine
several important grammatical phenomena from the standpoint
of their representation in heritage languages, including
case, aspect, and other interface phenomena. We discuss how
the questions raised by data from heritage speakers could
fruitfully shed light on current debates about how language
works and how it is acquired under different conditions. We
end with a consideration of the potential competing factors
that shape a heritage language system in adulthood. ©
[2013] by Walter de Gruyter Berlin Boston
2013.},
Doi = {10.1515/tl-2013-0009},
Key = {fds326437}
}
@article{fds326438,
Author = {Benmamoun, E and Abunasser, M and Al-Sabbagh, R and Bidaoui, A and Shalash, D},
Title = {The Location of Sentential Negation in Arabic
Varieties},
Journal = {Brill's Journal of Afroasiatic Languages and
Linguistics},
Volume = {5},
Number = {1},
Pages = {83-116},
Publisher = {BRILL},
Year = {2013},
Month = {January},
url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/18776930-00501003},
Abstract = {This paper revisits the issue of the representation of
sentential negation in Arabic varieties with particular
reference to Standard Arabic and four colloquial varieties,
Egyptian Arabic, Gulf/Kuwaiti Arabic, Moroccan Arabic, and
Jordanian Arabic/Levantine Arabic. The goals are both
empirical and conceptual. Empirically, the paper
incorporates data from different Arabic varieties including
varieties that have not figured prominently in recent
debates about sentential negation in Arabic. Conceptually,
the paper aims to engage the important topic of the location
of the negative projection relative to the projection that
carries the temporal information of the clause. The paper
also discusses some patterns that, so far, have not received
extensive attention and which provide strong support for
locating the negative projection above the temporal
projection. The overall goal is to broaden the debate about
the syntax and morphology of negation in Arabic varieties
and add critical and novel facts that any diachronic or
synchronic analysis would want to take into
account.},
Doi = {10.1163/18776930-00501003},
Key = {fds326438}
}
@article{fds326439,
Author = {Albirini, A and Benmamoun, E and Chakrani, B},
Title = {Gender and number agreement in the oral production of Arabic
Heritage speakers},
Journal = {Bilingualism},
Volume = {16},
Number = {1},
Pages = {1-18},
Publisher = {Cambridge University Press (CUP)},
Year = {2013},
Month = {January},
url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S1366728912000132},
Abstract = {Heritage language acquisition has been characterized by
various asymmetries, including the differential acquisition
rates of various linguistic areas and the unbalanced
acquisition of different categories within a single area.
This paper examines Arabic heritage speakers' knowledge of
subject-verb agreement versus noun-adjective agreement with
the aim of contrasting their distributions and exploring
areas of resilience and vulnerability within Arabic heritage
speech and their theoretical implications. Two
oral-production experiments were carried out, one involving
two picture-description tasks, and another requiring an
elicited narrative. The results of the study show that
subject-verb agreement morphology is more maintained than
noun-adjective morphology. Moreover, the unmarked singular
masculine default is more robust than the other categories
in both domains and is often over-generalized to other
marked categories. The results thus confirm the existence of
these asymmetries. We propose that these asymmetries may not
be explained by a single factor, but by a complex set of
morphological, syntactic, semantic, and frequency-related
factors. Copyright © 2012 Cambridge University
Press.},
Doi = {10.1017/S1366728912000132},
Key = {fds326439}
}
@article{fds326441,
Author = {Albirini, A and Benmamoun, E and Saadah, E},
Title = {Grammatical features of Egyptian and Palestinian Arabic
heritage speakers' oral production},
Journal = {Studies in Second Language Acquisition},
Volume = {33},
Number = {2},
Pages = {273-303},
Publisher = {Cambridge University Press (CUP)},
Year = {2011},
Month = {June},
url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0272263110000768},
Abstract = {This study presents an investigation of oral narratives
collected from heritage Egyptian and Palestinian Arabic
speakers living in the United States. The focus is on a
number of syntactic and morphological features in their
production, such as word order, use of null subjects,
selection of prepositions, agreement, and possession. The
degree of codeswitching in their narratives was also
investigated. The goal was to gain some insights into the
Arabic linguistic competence of this group of speakers. The
results show that although Arabic heritage speakers display
significant competence in their heritage colloquial
varieties, there are gaps in that knowledge. There also
seems to be significant transfer from English, their
dominant language. © Copyright Cambridge University Press
2011.},
Doi = {10.1017/S0272263110000768},
Key = {fds326441}
}
@article{fds366831,
Author = {Benmamoun, E},
Title = {Clause Structure and the Syntax of Verbless
Sentences},
Pages = {105-131},
Booktitle = {FOUNDATIONAL ISSUES IN LINGUISTIC THEORY: ESSAYS IN HONOR OF
JEAN-ROGER VERGNAUD},
Year = {2008},
Key = {fds366831}
}
@article{fds326444,
Author = {Benmamoun, E},
Title = {Licensing configurations: The puzzle of head negative
polarity items},
Journal = {Linguistic Inquiry},
Volume = {37},
Number = {1},
Pages = {141-149},
Publisher = {MIT Press - Journals},
Year = {2006},
Month = {December},
url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1162/ling.2006.37.1.141},
Doi = {10.1162/ling.2006.37.1.141},
Key = {fds326444}
}
@article{fds326445,
Author = {Benmamoun, E and Lorimor, H},
Title = {Featureless expressions: When morphophonological markers are
absent},
Journal = {Linguistic Inquiry},
Volume = {37},
Number = {1},
Pages = {1-23},
Publisher = {MIT Press - Journals},
Year = {2006},
Month = {December},
url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1162/002438906775321157},
Abstract = {Ackema and Neeleman (2003) discuss three phenomena that
arise in the context of agreement and pronominals: agreement
asymmetries, cliticization, and null subjects. They develop
a unified analysis for these phenomena, claiming that they
all involve a process of weakening within prosodic domains.
While we agree with their important insight that the PF
interface is responsible for some of these phenomena, we
will argue against their weakening analysis. We provide
arguments that agreement asymmetries cannot be uniformly
analyzed as involving the same processes as phonological
cliticization or null subjects. We instead propose that the
observed asymmetries arise because of the alternative forms
of spelling out features at the PF interface. © 2006 by the
Massachusetts Institute of Technology.},
Doi = {10.1162/002438906775321157},
Key = {fds326445}
}
@article{fds366832,
Author = {Benmamoun, E and Kumar, R},
Title = {The Overt Licensing of NPIs in Hindi},
Pages = {31-48},
Booktitle = {YEARBOOK OF SOUTH ASIAN LANGUAGES AND LINGUISTICS
(2006)},
Year = {2006},
Key = {fds366832}
}
@article{fds326447,
Author = {Benmamoun, E},
Title = {Agreement parallelism between sentences and noun phrases: A
historical sketch},
Journal = {Lingua},
Volume = {113},
Number = {8},
Pages = {747-764},
Publisher = {Elsevier BV},
Year = {2003},
Month = {August},
url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0024-3841(02)00127-4},
Abstract = {This paper deals with a parallelism between sentences and
noun phrases in Classical Arabic. The parallelism in
question concerns the distribution of the number feature on
the verb in the verb subject (VS) sequence and the
(in-)definiteness feature on nouns in the N+NP sequence, the
so-called semitic construct state (CS). In both cases, the
verb and the head noun do not carry number and
(in-)definiteness features respectively. Previous syntactic
analyses have treated these two problems as two separate
phenomena, thus denying any parallelism between the two
constructions. This paper argues that this parallelism is
genuine and is due to the verb in the VS sequence being
historically a nominal element in a CS relation with the
subject. © 2003 Published by Elsevier Science
B.V.},
Doi = {10.1016/S0024-3841(02)00127-4},
Key = {fds326447}
}
@article{fds326451,
Author = {Aoun, J and Benmamoun, E and Sportiche, D},
Title = {Further remarks on first conjunct agreement},
Journal = {Linguistic Inquiry},
Volume = {30},
Number = {4},
Pages = {669-681},
Publisher = {MIT Press - Journals},
Year = {1999},
Month = {January},
url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1162/002438999554255},
Abstract = {Aoun, Benmamoun, and Sportiche (ABS, 1994) propose an
analysis of first conjunct agreement in VS sentences in
Lebanese Arabic and Moroccan Arabic. On the basis of the
distribution of number-sensitive items, they argue that this
type of agreement is due to clausal coordination. Munn
(1999) argues against ABS's account and proposes that first
conjunct agreement in the Arabic dialects arises because
coordination of NP subjects is semantically plural but
syntactically singular. In this reply we show that Munn's
alternative analysis is empirically inadequate. © 1999 by
the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.},
Doi = {10.1162/002438999554255},
Key = {fds326451}
}
@article{fds326452,
Author = {Benmamoun, E},
Title = {Remarks and replies: The syntax of quantifiers and
quantifier float},
Journal = {Linguistic Inquiry},
Volume = {30},
Number = {4},
Pages = {621-642},
Year = {1999},
Month = {January},
url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1162/002438999554237},
Abstract = {The Arabic quantifier kull displays a Q_NP and NP_Q
alternation. Shlonsky (1991) argues that in both patterns Q
heads a QP projection with the NP as a complement that may
undergo movement to [Spec, QP] or beyond to yield the NP_Q
pattern and Q-float structures. On the contrary, I argue on
the basis of evidence from reconstruction, Case, and
agreement that the two patterns are radically different. In
the Q_NP pattern Q is indeed the head of a QP projection
that contains the NP. In the NP_Q pattern, however, Q heads
a QP adjunct that modifies the NP and in some cases the VP.
© 1999 by the Massachusetts Institute of
Technology.},
Doi = {10.1162/002438999554237},
Key = {fds326452}
}
@article{fds326453,
Author = {Benmamoun, E},
Title = {Arabic morphology: The central role of the
imperfective},
Journal = {Lingua},
Volume = {108},
Number = {2-3},
Pages = {175-201},
Publisher = {Elsevier BV},
Year = {1999},
Month = {January},
url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/s0024-3841(98)00045-x},
Abstract = {This article explores the nature and role of the
imperfective verb in Arabic. It argues that the imperfective
verb is not specified for tense. It is only the default form
that is resorted to whenever the verb does not carry
temporal features. Syntactically, the lack of temporal
features on the imperfective verb explains why, contra the
perfective verb which carries past tense, it occurs lower
than negation and displays the SV order in idioms.
Morphologically, the default unmarked status of the
imperfective is consistent with its central role in word
formation. This role will be shown to be more pervasive than
previously thought. This, in turn, allows for a unified
analysis of nominal and verbal morphology. The implication
then is that important parts of Arabic word formation are
word based rather than root based. © 1999 Elsevier Science
B.V. All rights reserved.},
Doi = {10.1016/s0024-3841(98)00045-x},
Key = {fds326453}
}
@article{fds326454,
Author = {Aoun, J and Benmamoun, E},
Title = {Minimality, reconstruction, and PF movement},
Journal = {Linguistic Inquiry},
Volume = {29},
Number = {4},
Pages = {569-597},
Publisher = {MIT Press - Journals},
Year = {1998},
Month = {January},
url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1162/002438998553888},
Abstract = {We investigate the interaction of clitic left-dislocation
(CLLD), wh-interrogatives, and topicalization in Lebanese
Arabic. A wh-phrase or a topicalized phrase can be fronted
across a CLLDed element derived by movement but not across a
base-generated one. A CLLDed element cannot be fronted
across another CLLDed element, a wh-phrase, or a topicalized
phrase. These interception effects are accounted for only if
Minimality is construed as a constraint on derivations
rather than representations and if fronting of the CLLDed
elements is seen to apply in the PF component. It is thus
suggested that the mapping between overt Syntax and the
Articulatory-Perceptual level is not trivial. © 1998 by the
Massachusetts Institute of Technology.},
Doi = {10.1162/002438998553888},
Key = {fds326454}
}
@article{fds326457,
Author = {AOUN, J and BENMAMOUN, E and SPORTICHE, D},
Title = {AGREEMENT, WORD-ORDER, AND CONJUNCTION IN SOME VARIETIES OF
ARABIC},
Journal = {LINGUISTIC INQUIRY},
Volume = {25},
Number = {2},
Pages = {195-220},
Publisher = {MIT PRESS},
Year = {1994},
Month = {March},
Key = {fds326457}
}
%% Other
@misc{fds331541,
Author = {Shosted, RK and Sutton, BP and Benmamoun, A},
Title = {Using magnetic resonance to image the pharynx during Arabic
speech: Static and dynamic aspects},
Journal = {13th Annual Conference of the International Speech
Communication Association 2012, INTERSPEECH
2012},
Volume = {3},
Pages = {2179-2182},
Year = {2012},
Month = {December},
ISBN = {9781622767595},
Abstract = {Magnetic resonance imaging has been applied only recently to
the study of Arabic speech production. Arabic has a
relatively large number of sounds produced with
constrictions in the pharynx, a part of the vocal anatomy
well-suited to investigation using MRI. We show that static
3D MRI techniques can be useful in distinguishing the
pharyngeal sounds of Arabic and that average pixel intensity
in MR images can be used to track pharyngeal articulations
as a function of time.},
Key = {fds331541}
}
@misc{fds326440,
Author = {Hasegawa-Johnson, M and Benmamoun, E and Mustafawi, E and Elmahdy, M and Duwairi, R},
Title = {On the definition of theword "Segmental"},
Journal = {Proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Speech
Prosody, SP 2012},
Volume = {1},
Pages = {159-162},
Year = {2012},
Month = {January},
ISBN = {9787560848693},
Abstract = {Textbooks in phonology often specify a distinction between
segmental features (e.g., place and manner of articulation)
vs. suprasegmental features (stress and phrasing). The
distinction between segmental and suprasegmental features is
useful even in autosegmental models like Articulatory
Phonology, because it distinguishes between features shared
by the different instantiations of a phoneme vs. those not
so shared. In a model like Articulatory Phonology, however,
there is no requirement that a segmental feature should be
synchronous with the other features of the same segment.
Classification results are provided from Levantine Arabic,
showing that features of the primary articulator of a
fricative are acoustically signaled during frication, but
that features of the secondary articulator are signaled
during the preceding and following vowels, suggesting that
the definition of the word "segmental" should not require
synchronous implementation.},
Key = {fds326440}
}
@misc{fds326449,
Author = {Benmamoun, E},
Title = {Agreement asymmetries and the PF interface},
Journal = {RESEARCH IN AFROASIATIC GRAMMAR},
Volume = {202},
Pages = {23-40},
Publisher = {JOHN BENJAMINS B V PUBL},
Editor = {Lecarme, J and Lowenstamm, J and Shlonsky, U},
Year = {2000},
Month = {January},
ISBN = {1-55619-980-5},
Key = {fds326449}
}
@misc{fds326455,
Author = {Benmamoun, E and Eid, M and Haeri, N},
Title = {Perspectives on Arabic Linguistics XI - Papers from the
Eleventh Annual Symposium on Arabic Linguistics -
Introduction},
Journal = {PERSPECTIVES ON ARABIC LINGUISTICS XI},
Volume = {167},
Pages = {1-6},
Publisher = {JOHN BENJAMINS B V PUBL},
Editor = {Benmamoun, E and Eid, M and Haeri, N},
Year = {1998},
Month = {January},
ISBN = {1-55619-883-3},
Key = {fds326455}
}
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