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The development the use of the negation particles miš and mā…š in Egyptian colloquial Arabic

The negation system in Modern Egyptian Colloquial Arabic does not follow an obvious set of rules. The particle that negates most verbal predicates also negates nominal predicates, and the particle that negates most nominal predicates also negates verbal predicates. By examining the behavior of these particles over time and comparing them to negation systems in other languages, it is possible to see the reasons for this complicated negation system. / text

Identiferoai:union.ndltd.org:UTEXAS/oai:repositories.lib.utexas.edu:2152/ETD-UT-2010-05-1508
Date09 November 2010
CreatorsTown, Rosalie Melissa
Source SetsUniversity of Texas
LanguageEnglish
Detected LanguageEnglish
Typethesis
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