Published since January 1, 1948

STUF - Language Typology and Universals

Sprachtypologie und Universalienforschung

ISSN: 2196-7148

Editor-in-chief: Thomas Stolz

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STUF is a forum for scholarly articles in the realm of linguistic typology and universals research. The journal covers original empirical and/or theoretical studies of the structural diversity and/or of the invariants of human language(s). Equally welcome are contributors to submit papers with a leaning towards areal typology and/or diachronic typology.

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Volume 75 Issue 4

November 2022

Publicly Available December 1, 2022

Frontmatter

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December 1, 2022

Preface

Bruno Herin, Stefano Manfredi, Christophe Pereira

Page range: 497-500

December 1, 2022

Pain Constructions in modern Arabic dialects: a typological overview

Stefano Manfredi

Page range: 501-523

Abstract

Pain Constructions (PCs) constitute a class of experiential constructions expressing situations that involve unpleasant physical experiences (e.g. headache , burning eyes, dizziness , etc.). Previous cross-linguistic comparisons have shown that, though languages do not have dedicated morphosyntactic structures for encoding pain, there are certain constructions that are more likely to express physical experiences. Based on original data elicited by means of a situational questionnaire, this paper aims at analyzing the semantic and syntactic properties of PCs in modern Arabic dialects and to make typological generalizations about their cross-dialect variation. Benefiting from insights from both linguistic typology and contact linguistics, the study eventually shows that, despite considerable lexicosemantic and morphosyntactic variation, PCs in Arabic can be reduced to two main syntactic types: locational and inverse constructions.

Open Access December 1, 2022

Towards a typology of attributive adjectives in Arabic dialects

Stephan Procházka

Page range: 525-553

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Abstract

Arabic is a typical noun-attribute language with head-driven agreement in gender and number. As for definite attributive NPs, the default in most spoken Arabic varieties is definite marking of both the noun and the adjective – a feature that is rarely found cross-linguistically. This article shows that there are also cases of reversed word order, lacking agreement in gender, and dialects with definite marking on the nominal head. In dialects at the northern fringe of the Fertile Crescent, definiteness is by default only marked on the adjective. In these dialects, adjectival attributes are structurally identical to nominal attributes, including the use of the construct state with feminine heads.

Open Access December 1, 2022

The typology of progressive constructions in Arabic dialects

Zeineb Sellami

Page range: 555-582

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This paper describes and compares the strategies used in Arabic dialects to encode the progressive aspect, in order to show their similarities and what sets them apart from one another, as well as to situate them within cross-linguistic tendencies. Drawing on a wide variety of data, the paper shows the different ways the progressive aspect was (or is being) grammaticalized in Arabic dialects in light of the typologically common paths of grammaticalization. These paths involve for some dialects the reorganization of their aspectual categories, and thus provide an interesting perspective to look at the evolution of aspectual systems in Arabic varieties.

December 1, 2022

Existential predication and predicative possession in Arabic dialects

Denis Creissels

Page range: 583-612

Abstract

In the existential domain, Classical Arabic expresses the ground > figure perspectivization in locational predication by a mere change in constituent order, but Modern Arabic varieties have variously grammaticalized existential particles that tend to acquire verb-like properties. In the possessive domain, Classical Arabic and Modern Standard Arabic have a typical oblique-possessor (or locational possessive) construction in which the possessor phrase is flagged by a preposition. In the vernacular varieties, this preposition has become a possessive predicator with some verbal properties, whose coding frame is similar (although not fully identical) to that of a transitive verb. More radical changes in the existential and possessive domains are attested in pidginized/creolized Arabic varieties.

December 1, 2022

The typology of negation across varieties of Arabic

Christopher Lucas, Mohammed Alluhaybi

Page range: 613-641

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.

December 1, 2022

From embedded propositions to complex predicates

The contribution of Arabic dialects to syntactic typology

Catherine Taine-Cheikh

Page range: 643-684

Abstract

This article examines verbal sequences in Arabic dialects which can correspond either to complex sentences with embedded clauses or to complex predicates with reduction of one or the other verb. The first part is devoted to complex sentences where completives and subordinates of purpose and consequence are introduced by a marker that is generally specific, but sometimes polyfunctional. The second part explores embedding without a subordinator (with distinct or identical subjects), as well as with cases of complex predicates, sometimes with reduction of V 1 (cases of auxiliarization and pragmatization), sometimes of V 2 (rare cases of serial verbs).

Volume 75 (2022)

Volume 74 (2021)

Volume 73 (2020)

Volume 72 (2019)

Volume 71 (2018)

Volume 70 (2017)

Volume 69 (2016)

Volume 68 (2015)

Volume 67 (2014)

Volume 66 (2013)

Volume 65 (2012)

Volume 64 (2011)

Volume 63 (2010)

Volume 62 (2009)

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Volume 53 (2000)

Volume 52 (1999)

Volume 51 (1998)

Volume 50 (1997)

Volume 49 (1996)

Volume 48 (1995)

Volume 47 (1994)

Volume 42 (1989)

Volume 41 (1988)

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Volume 35 (1982)

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Volume 29 (1976)

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Volume 28 (1975)

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Volume 26 (1973)

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Volume 25 (1972)

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Volume 15 (1962)

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Volume 14 (1961)

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Volume 13 (1960)

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Volume 12 (1959)

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Volume 11 (1958)

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Volume 10 (1957)

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Volume 9 (1956)

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Volume 7-8 (1954)

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Volume 6 (1952)

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Volume 5 (1951)

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Volume 4 (1950)

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Volume 3 (1949)

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Volume 1-2 (1948)

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Editorial

Editor-in-chief:

Prof. Dr. Thomas Stolz
Universität Bremen
Fachbereich 10
Postfach 330440
D-28334 Bremen, Germany
E-mail: stolz@uni-bremen.de

Editorial Board:

Walter Bisang (Gutenberg Forschungskolleg, Johannes Gutenberg-Universität, Mainz, Germany)
William Croft (Department of Linguistics, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, USA)
Wolfgang U. Dressler (em., Institut für Sprachwissenschaft, Universität Wien, Austria)
Ray Fabri (Institute of Linguistics, University of Malta, Malta)
José Antonio Flores Farfán (Centro de Investigaciones y Estudios Superiores en Antropología Social (CIESAS), México, D.F., Mexico)
Lutz Gunkel (Institut für Deutsche Sprache, Mannheim, Germany)
Stefanie Haberzettl (Fachbereich Germanistik, Universität d. Saarlandes, Saarbrücken,Germany)
Bernhard Hurch (Institut für Sprachwissenschaft, Karl-Franzens-Universität Graz,Graz, Austria)
Maria Koptjevskaja-Tamm (Department of Linguistics, Stockholm University, Stockholm, Sweden)
Susanne Michaelis (Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Leipzig, Germany)
Marianne Mithun (Department of Linguistics, University of California, Santa Barbara, USA)
Claire Moyse-Faurie (LACITO, CNRS, Paris, France)
Damaris Nübling (Historische Sprachwissenschaft, Johannes Gutenberg-Universität, Mainz, Germany)
Ignazio Putzu (Facoltà di Lettere e Filosofia, Università di Cagliari, Cagliari, Italy)
Wolfgang Raible (em., Romanisches Seminar, Albert-Ludwigs-Universität, Freiburg, Germany)
Jeanette Sakel (Faculty of Arts, Creative Industries, and Education, University of the West of England, Bristol, UK)
Christoph Schroeder (Institut für Germanistik, Universität Potsdam, Potsdam, Germany)
Eva Schultze-Berndt (School of Languages, Linguistics and Cultures, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK)
Christel Stolz (Fachbereich Linguistik, Universität Bremen, Bremen, Germany)
Elisabeth Verhoeven (Institut für deutsche Sprache und Linguistik, Humboldt-Universität, Berlin, Germany)

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Online ISSN: 2196-7148
Print ISSN: 1867-8319
Type: Journal
Language: English
Publisher: De Gruyter (A)
First published: January 1, 1948
Publication Frequency: 4 Issues per Year