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Exceptive Constructions in Najdi Arabic: A Descriptive Analysis

open access: yes International Journal of Linguistics, Literature and Translation
An exceptive construction is the construction that denotes the exclusion of an entity from a set or generalization. This construction has been scrutinized in several languages, like English, Spanish, and Standard Arabic, but has been largely overlooked in Najdi Arabic (NA).
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On the structure of b- and raħ as future markers in Najdi Arabic

open access: yes International Journal of Linguistics, Literature and Translation
Tense is a cross-linguistic category that is typically expressed within the verb complex. It can be realized in verb forms/inflections, auxiliaries, particles, or any tense markers that are structurally related to the verb. Tense in general can relate the proposition, statement, action, event or whatever expressed by the verb to three main types of ...
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Najdi Arabic

open access: yes, 1994
The region of Najd in Central Arabia has always been regarded as inaccessible, ringed by a belt of sand deserts, the Nafūd, Dahana and the Rub’ al-Khāli and often with its population at odds with the rulers of the outer settled lands. It is however the centre of a purely Arabian culture based on a partnership between bedouin camel husbandry and settled
Bruce Ingham, Ingham, Bruce
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Diminutive and augmentative formation in northern Najdi/Ḥā’ili Arabic

Studies in Arabic Linguistics, 2019
Abstract The main goal of this paper is to make known an unusual, if not unique, morphological augmentative found in one variety of northern Najdi (Saudi) Arabic, specifically the Ḥā’ili variety as mainly spoken by members of the Shammar tribe. A brief description of the pattern can be found in Assuwaida (1997). Our paper expands on his original work,
Stuart Davis, Davis Stuart
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