Structuralist Studies in Arabic Linguistics. Charles A. Ferguson’s Papers, 1954-1994

Title Page......Page 4
Copyright Page......Page 5
Table of Contents......Page 6
Acknowledgments......Page 8
Abbreviations......Page 12
Introduction......Page 14
Section I: Diachronica......Page 40
1. Review of Growth and Structure of the Egyptian Arabic Dialect, by H. Birkeland (1954)......Page 50
2. Review of Stress Patterns in Arabic, by H. Birkeland (1956)......Page 59
3. The Arabic koine (1959)......Page 63
4. Standardization as a form of language spread (1987)......Page 82
5. Grammatical agreement in Classical Arabic and the modern dialects (1989)......Page 94
Section II: Phonology: Synchronic Systems......Page 106
6. Review of Manuel élémentaire d'arabe orientale (parler de Damas), by Cantineau and Helbaoui (1954)......Page 112
7. The emphatic l in Arabic (1956)......Page 120
8. Two problems in Arabic phonology (1957)......Page 128
9. The /g/ in Syrian Arabic (1969)......Page 146
Section III: Register and Genre......Page 154
10. Review of A Dictionary of Non-Classical Vocables in the Spoken Arabic of Lebanon, by A. Freyha (1950)......Page 162
11. Critical bibliography of spoken Arabic proverb literature, with John M. Echols (1952)......Page 164
12. Review of Modern Lebanese Proverbs, Collected at Râs al-Matn, Lebanon, by A. Freyha (1954)......Page 188
13. Review of Die klassisch-arabischen Sprichwörterversammlungen insbesondere die des Abū ᒼUbaid, by R. Selheim (1955)......Page 191
14. Arabic baby talk (1956)......Page 192
15. Iraqi children's rhymes (1960)......Page 201
16. Root-echo responses in Syrian Arabic politeness formulas (1967)......Page 211
17. The blessing of the Lord be upon you (1977)......Page 219
18. God-wishes in Syrian Arabic (1983)......Page 225
Section IV: General......Page 242
19. Review of L'arabe classique: esquisse d'une structure linguistique, by H. Fleisch (1958)......Page 254
20. Myths about Arabic (1959)......Page 263
21. Review of Cultural Expression in Arab Society Today (Langages arabes du présent), by J. Berque (1979)......Page 270
22. "Come forth with a surah like it": Arabic as a measure of Arab society (1990)......Page 274
Index......Page 286