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1)<br>Date: 05 Mar 2013<br>From:<span name="aziz abbassi" style="font-size:13px;font-family:arial,sans-serif">aziz abbassi</span><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;white-space:nowrap"> </span><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;white-space:nowrap"><a href="mailto:abbassiaziz@gmail.com" target="_blank">abbassiaziz@gmail.com</a></span><br>
Subject:standalone wa- speculations<br><br><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">I followed the recent exchanges about the 'attached-detached-waw' debate with interest and really enjoyed your expansive response and the related research. While I (being originally from Morocco) personally never thought of any other way to place the conjunctive 'waw' except as a stand-alone particle, I was amused, as were you, by the result in your data showing Morocco --and perhaps other NA neighbors-- aligned with Syria in the stand-alone placement of this 'waw'.</div>
<div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"> </div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">After some reflection I came up with a possible theory/explanation of this "unexpected" finding of yours, based on some strong historical facts and decided that there should be be a historical-linguistic explanation linking Syria and Morocco. This was indeed the result of the several centuries when "Omayyad Syria" (i.e., Damascus) ruled "Ifriqqiya" and al-Andalus with mixed leaderships (Musa Ibn Nusayr politically and Tariq Ibn Ziyyad militarily). Since the Islamization process of Morocco occurred through the Omayyad, obviously basic literacy, letters, books or any other documents had to be written in the standard "practice" of Damascus. Ever since the "free waw" must have been kept alive all these centuries both in Damascus and on Mount Musa (Rif Mountains of Northern Morocco only a few miles across from Tarifa Spain/Al-andalus).</div>
<div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"> </div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">What do you think? Hope this helps explain your statistical findings!</div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">
</div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">Aziz<br> <br></div><div dir="ltr" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><div>Abdelaziz Abbassi PhD</div><div><div dir="ltr"><div>International Education Consultant</div>
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