The typology of negation across varieties of Arabic

Lucas, Christopher; Alluhaybi, Mohammed

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.

Citation

Lucas, C., & Alluhaybi, M. (2022). The typology of negation across varieties of Arabic. STUF - Language Typology and Universals, 75(4), 613-641. https://doi.org/10.1515/stuf-2022-1065

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Acceptance Date: Mar 2, 2022
• Online Publication Date: Dec 1, 2022
• Publication Date: Dec 1, 2022
• Deposit Date: Mar 15, 2022
• Publicly Available Date: Mar 15, 2022
• Electronic ISSN: 2196-7148
• Publisher: De Gruyter
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 75
• Issue: 4
• Pages: 613-641
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/stuf-2022-1065
• Keywords: Jespersen’s cycle; negative imperatives; standard negation