Pat-el, Na'ama2010-11-092010-11-092017-05-112010-11-092010-11-092017-05-112010-05May 2010http://hdl.handle.net/2152/ETD-UT-2010-05-1508textThe negation system in Modern Egyptian Colloquial Arabic does not follow an obvious set of rules. The particle that negates most verbal predicates also negates nominal predicates, and the particle that negates most nominal predicates also negates verbal predicates. By examining the behavior of these particles over time and comparing them to negation systems in other languages, it is possible to see the reasons for this complicated negation system.application/pdfengNegationArabicEgyptian colloquial ArabicArabic dialectsDialectHistorical linguisticsthesis2010-11-09