Arabic Corpus Linguistics

Tony McEnery; Andrew Hardie; Nagwa Younis

Published by Edinburgh University Press 2019

Arabic Corpus Linguistics

Tony McEnery , Andrew Hardie and Nagwa Younis

https://doi.org/10.1515/9780748677382

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About this book

An overview of current corpus-based research on the Arabic language

Takes a perspective-based approach to the practice of corpus-based research, covering corpus building and the use of corpus-query software tools to explore the Arabic language
Presents detailed case studies of the application of methods to studies in Arabic grammar and Arabic discourse semantics
Includes contributions from scholars based in Bahrain, Canada, Egypt France, the UK and the USA

This book demonstrates the advantage of a corpus based approach to Arabic, and presents an overview of current research on the Arabic language within corpus linguistics. Dealing not only with modern standard Arabic, the book also considers classical and colloquial forms.

With a range of international contributors presenting their experience of working with Arabic from a particular perspective, the book includes chapters on corpus building, the tools needed to explore the Arabic language, the use of corpora to explore the grammar of Arabic, and the study of discourse in Arabic.

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
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1 Introducing Arabic Corpus Linguistics Tony McEnery, Andrew Hardie and Nagwa Younis Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
2 Under the Hood of arabiCorpus Dilworth B. Parkinson Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	17
3 Tunisian Arabic Corpus: Creating a Written Corpus of an ‘Unwritten’ Language Karen McNeil Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	30
4 Accessible Corpus Annotation for Arabic Wesam Ibrahim and Andrew Hardie Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	56
5 The Leeds Arabic Discourse Treebank: Guidelines for Annotating Discourse Connectives and Relations Amal Alsaif and Katja Markert Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	76
6 Using the Web to Model Modern and Qurʾanic Arabic Eric Atwell Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	100
7 Semantic Prosody as a Tool for Translating Prepositions in the Holy Qurʾan: A Corpus-Based Analysis Nagwa Younis Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	120
8 A Relational Approach to Modern Literary Arabic Conditional Clauses Manuel Sartori Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	143
9 Quantitative Approaches to Analysing come Constructions in Modern Standard Arabic Dana Abdulrahim Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	170
10 Approaching Text Typology through Cluster Analysis in Arabic Ghada Mohamed and Andrew Hardie Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	201
Appendix Arabic Transliteration Systems Used in This Book Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	229
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	232

(Deutsch)

Language: English
Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
Audience: College/higher education;
Pages
- Main content: 248
Keywords: Language & Linguistics

eBook

Published: March 24, 2022
ISBN: 9780748677382