Ph.D in Linguistics, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, USA (1992)
Books
In progress. Arabic Syntax. With Joseph Aoun and Lina Choueiri.
In progress. Perspectives on Arabic Linguistics XIX. Editor. John Benjamins, Amsterdam/Philadelphia.
In press. Perspectives on Arabic Linguistics XVII-XVIII. Co-edited with Mohammad Al-Hawary. John Benjamins. Amsterdam/Philadelphia.
2002. Perspectives on Arabic Linguistics XIII-XIV. With Dil Parkinson. John Benjamins, Amsterdam/Philadelphia.
2000. The Feature Structure of Functional Categories: A Comparative Study of Arabic Dialects. Oxford University Press. Oxford.
1999. Perspectives on Arabic Linguistics XII. Editor. John Benjamins, Amsterdam/Philadelphia.
1999. Fragments: Studies In Ellipsis and Gapping. Co-edited with Shalom Lappin. Oxford University Press. Oxford.
1998. Perspectives on Arabic Linguistics Vol. XI. Co-edited with Mushira Eid and Niloofar Haeri. John Benjamins, Amsterdam/Philadelphia.
Articles
In press. Featureless Expressions: When Morpho-phonological Markers are absent. With Heidi Lorimor (UIUC). Linguistic Inquiry.
In press. Licensing Options: The Puzzle of Head NPIs. Linguistic Inquiry.
Forthcoming. Clause Structure and Tense of Verbless Sentences. Foundational Issues In Linguistics Theory. MIT Press book edited by Robert Freidin, Carlos Otero, and Maria-Luisa Zubizaretta.
Forthcoming. The Construct State. Encyclopedia of Arabic Linguistics. Mushira Eid ed. Brill Academic Publishers.
2003. Agreement parallelism between sentences and noun phrases. Lingua 113: 747-764.
2003. The Role of the Imperfective Template in Arabic Morphology. Language Processing and Acquisition in Languages of Semitic, Root-based, Morphology. Edited by Joseph Shimron, John Benjamins. PP. 99-114.
2003. Reciprocals as Plurals in Arabic. In Studies in Afroasiatic Grammar. Lecarme et al. (eds.) John Benjamins. PP. 53-62.
2003. Arabic in Africa. Encyclopedia of 20th Century African History. With Mustafa Mughazy. Paul Zeleza ed. Routledge.
2001. Nationalism and Language Identities. In Language in Diaspora Communities. Braj Kashru and Cecil Nelson eds. Studies in the Linguistics Sciences. UIUC. PP. 95-106.
2000. Agreement Asymmetries and the PF Interface. In Research in Afroasiatic Grammar. Lecarme, J, Lowenstamm & U. Shlonsky eds., Holland Academic Graphics, The Hague. PP. 23-40.
1999. The Syntax of Quantifiers and Quantifier Float. Linguistic Inquiry 30: 621-642
1999. Aoun, Joseph, and Elabbas Benmamoun. Gapping, PF Merger, and Patterns of Partial Agreement. In Fragments: Studies in Ellipsis and Gapping, ed. Shalom Lappin and Elabbas Benmamoun: 175-192 Oxford: OUP.
1999. Further Remarks on First Conjunct Agreement. Joint paper with Joseph Aoun (USC), and Dominique Sportiche (UCLA). Linguistic Inquiry 30: 669-681.
1999. Arabic Morphology: The Central Role of the Imperfective. Lingua. 108/2-3: 170-201.
1998. Minimality, Reconstruction, and PF Movement. Joint paper with Joseph Aoun (USC). Linguistic Inquiry.29: 569-597. MIT Press.
1998. Spec-head Agreement and Overt Case in Arabic. Specifiers: Minimalist Approaches Adger et al. Eds. Oxford University Press. Oxford. PP. 110-125.
1997. Agreement in Arabic and the Phonological Form (PF) Interface. Proceedings of West Coast Conference on Formal Linguistics. Published by the Center for the study of language and Information, Stanford. PP. 33-47
1997. Licensing of Negative Polarity Items in Moroccan Arabic. Natural Language and Linguistic Theory, 15: 263-287. Kluwer Academic Publishers.
1996. Negative Polarity and Presupposition in Arabic. In Perspectives on Arabic Linguistics. Mushira Eid ed., John Benjamins, Amsterdam/Philadelphia PP. 47-66
1995. Conditions on pro and the Empty Category Principle Proceedings of the West Coast Conference on Formal Linguistics XIII. Aranovich et al. Eds. Published by Center for the Study of Language and Information, Stanford. PP. 173.188
1995. The Derivation of the Imperative in Arabic. Perspectives on Arabic Linguistics. Mushira Eid ed., John Benjamins, Amsterdam/Philadelphia. PP. 151-164
1994. Agreement and Conjunction in Some Varieties of Arabic. With Joseph Aoun (USC) and Dominique Sportiche (UCLA) Linguistic Inquiry, 25: 195-220. MIT Press.
1993. Agreement and the Agreement Projection in Arabic. In Studies in the Linguistic Sciences, vol 23, 1. Hans Hock, edit. University of Illinois. PP. 61-71
1993. Null Pronominals in the Context of Noun Phrases and Quantifier Phrases. Proceedings of the West Coast Conference on Formal Linguistics. . J. Mead Ed. Published by the Center for the Study of Language and Information, Stanford. PP. 32-43
1992. Structural Conditions on Agreement Proceedings of the North Eastern Linguistic Society (NELS 22). Published by the University of Massachusetts at Amherst. PP. 17-32
1991. Negation and Verb Movement Proceedings of the North Eastern Linguistic Society (NELS 21). Published by the University of Massachusetts at Amherst. PP. 17-31
Comparative Syntax with special emphasis on Arabic dialects. Specific topics of focus include agreement, tense, negation, polarity, clause structure, construct state, syntax-morphology interface and diachronic change.
Morphology with special focus on the issue of the nature of lexical relations in Arabic and the status of the root. Specific topics include verbal and nominal morphology such as tense, aspect, mood, causatives and plurals. The Language Situation in the Arab world (its sociological, educational, political and cultural dimensions).
Arabic as a second language. Areas of interest include web mediated instruction in Arabic, teaching of diglossia/variation, and heritage language learners.
Semitic LinksProf. Benmamoun is the coordinator of the Arabic Programs at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (http://www.linguistics.uiuc.edu/arabic).
Please check out the Semitic Linguistics archives where unpublished papers on Semitic languages can be posted and downloaded. The address is: http://www.usc.edu/dept/LAS/linguistics/semitic/
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