Negative-š in Palestinian (and Cairene) Arabic: Present and possible past

Brill's Journal of Afroasiatic Languages and Linguistics

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 165-201

  Lucas, Christopher ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

acquisition; Arabic; negation; negative polarity; Reconstruction

Indexed keywords

EID: 84939811443     PISSN: 18766633     EISSN: 18776930     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/187666310X12688137960623     Document Type: Review

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