@inproceedings{aee93ee6e8be4cd3958cdf63b3e24b8a,
title = "Clause structure in contact contexts: The case of Sason Arabic",
abstract = "In this paper, we discuss the syntax of negation in Sason Arabic which patterns with both its Arabic neighbors, particularly the so-called Mesopotamian varieties (such as the Iraqi variety/varieties of Mosul) and the neighboring languages that are typologically different, particularly Kurdish and Turkish. We provide a description of copula constructions in Sason and discuss their word order patterns and interaction with sentential negation. Depending on the nature of the predicate, Sason displays both head-initial word order, which reflects its Arabic and Semitic lineage, and head-final word order, which shows the influence of its head final neighbors and competitors for linguistic space.",
keywords = "clause structure, Sason Arabic, language contact, copula",
author = "Faruk Akkus and Elabbas Benmamoun",
year = "2016",
month = may,
day = "19",
doi = "10.1075/sal.4.07akk",
language = "English (US)",
isbn = "9789027200327 ",
series = "Studies in Arabic Linguistics",
publisher = "John Benjamins Publishing Company",
pages = "153--172",
editor = "Haddad, {Youssef A} and Eric Potsdam",
booktitle = "Perspectives on Arabic Linguistics XXVIII",
address = "Netherlands",
}