Arabic Indefinites, Interrogatives, and Negators
Autor
David Wilmsen (Professor Of Arabic, Professor Of Arabic, The American University Of Beirut)
This book traces the origins and development of the Arabic grammatical marker s/si, which is found in interrogatives, negators, and indefinite determiners in many Arabic dialects. It argues that s/si does not derive from Arabic say 'thing' but from a Semitic demonstrative pronoun.