The typology of negation across varieties of Arabic
- 1 November 2022
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Walter de Gruyter GmbH in STUF - Language Typology and Universals
- Vol. 75 (4), 613-641
- https://doi.org/10.1515/stuf-2022-1065
Abstract
Drawing primarily on the data collated by Alluhaybi (2019. Negation in modern Arabic varieties from a typological point of view. London: SOAS University of London PhD thesis), this article first situates Arabic within the crosslinguistic typology of negative strategies put forward, among others, by Miestamo (2005. Standard negation: The negation of declarative verbal main clauses in a typological perspective. Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter). It then surveys the main parameters of variation among different varieties of Arabic in the expression of standard negation, non-verbal negation, and negative imperatives, with a particular focus on the issue of the single versus bipartite expression of negation. The article finishes by looking at some recent debates concerning the diachronic evolution of the observed patterns.Keywords
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