Croft’s cycle in Arabic: The negative existential cycle in a single language
The negative existential cycle has been shown to be operative in several language families. Here it is shown that it also operates within a single language. It happens that the existential fī that has been adduced as an example of a type A in the Arabic of Damascus, Syria, negated with the standard...
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| author | Wilmsen, David |
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| dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv | Wilmsen, David |
| dc.date.none.fl_str_mv | 2020-10-15T08:31:44Z 2020-10-15T08:31:44Z 2020-05 |
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| dc.identifier.none.fl_str_mv | Wilmsen, D. (2020). Croft’s cycle in Arabic: The negative existential cycle in a single language. Linguistics, 58(2), Pages 493–535. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/ling-2020-0021. 1613-396X http://hdl.handle.net/11073/19804 10.1515/ling-2020-0021 |
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| dc.publisher.none.fl_str_mv | De Gruyter |
| dc.relation.none.fl_str_mv | https://doi.org/10.1515/ling-2020-0021 |
| dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv | Arabic dialects Grammaticalization in Arabic Linguistic cycles Standard negation Negative existential cycle Southern Arabian peninsular dialects |
| dc.title.none.fl_str_mv | Croft’s cycle in Arabic: The negative existential cycle in a single language |
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| description | The negative existential cycle has been shown to be operative in several language families. Here it is shown that it also operates within a single language. It happens that the existential fī that has been adduced as an example of a type A in the Arabic of Damascus, Syria, negated with the standard spoken Arabic verbal negator mā, does not participate in a negative cycle, but another Arabic existential particle does. Reflexes of the existential particle šay(y)/šē/šī/ši of southern peninsular Arabic dialects enter into a type A > B configuration as a univerbation between mā and the existential particle ši in reflexes of maši. It also enters that configuration in others as a univerbation between mā, the 3rd-person pronouns hū or hī, and the existential particle šī in reflexes of mahūš/mahīš. At that point, the existential particle šī loses its identity as such to be reanalyzed as a negator, with reflexes of mahūš/mahīš negating all manner of non-verbal predications except existentials. As such, negators formed of reflexes of šī skip a stage B, but they re-enter the cycle at stage B > C, when reflexes of mahūš/mahīš begin negating some verbs. The consecutive C stage is encountered only in northern Egyptian and southern Yemeni dialects. An inchoate stage C > A appears only in dialects of Lower Egypt. |
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| spelling | Croft’s cycle in Arabic: The negative existential cycle in a single languageWilmsen, DavidArabic dialectsGrammaticalization in ArabicLinguistic cyclesStandard negationNegative existential cycleSouthern Arabian peninsular dialectsThe negative existential cycle has been shown to be operative in several language families. Here it is shown that it also operates within a single language. It happens that the existential fī that has been adduced as an example of a type A in the Arabic of Damascus, Syria, negated with the standard spoken Arabic verbal negator mā, does not participate in a negative cycle, but another Arabic existential particle does. Reflexes of the existential particle šay(y)/šē/šī/ši of southern peninsular Arabic dialects enter into a type A > B configuration as a univerbation between mā and the existential particle ši in reflexes of maši. It also enters that configuration in others as a univerbation between mā, the 3rd-person pronouns hū or hī, and the existential particle šī in reflexes of mahūš/mahīš. At that point, the existential particle šī loses its identity as such to be reanalyzed as a negator, with reflexes of mahūš/mahīš negating all manner of non-verbal predications except existentials. As such, negators formed of reflexes of šī skip a stage B, but they re-enter the cycle at stage B > C, when reflexes of mahūš/mahīš begin negating some verbs. The consecutive C stage is encountered only in northern Egyptian and southern Yemeni dialects. An inchoate stage C > A appears only in dialects of Lower Egypt.De Gruyter2020-10-15T08:31:44Z2020-10-15T08:31:44Z2020-05Peer-ReviewedPostprintinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/articleapplication/pdfWilmsen, D. (2020). Croft’s cycle in Arabic: The negative existential cycle in a single language. Linguistics, 58(2), Pages 493–535. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/ling-2020-0021.1613-396Xhttp://hdl.handle.net/11073/1980410.1515/ling-2020-0021en_UShttps://doi.org/10.1515/ling-2020-0021oai:repository.aus.edu:11073/198042024-08-22T11:59:00Z |
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| title | Croft’s cycle in Arabic: The negative existential cycle in a single language |
| title_full | Croft’s cycle in Arabic: The negative existential cycle in a single language |
| title_fullStr | Croft’s cycle in Arabic: The negative existential cycle in a single language |
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| title_short | Croft’s cycle in Arabic: The negative existential cycle in a single language |
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| topic | Arabic dialects Grammaticalization in Arabic Linguistic cycles Standard negation Negative existential cycle Southern Arabian peninsular dialects |
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