Arabic-L:LING:European influence on Arabic syntax query

[Dilworth Parkinson]

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Date: 15 Mar  2005
From:Michael.Schub at trincoll.edu
Subject:European influence on Arabic syntax query

     As an antediluvian, nay, antelapsarian student of Arabic, I was
raised on the hallowed "Orange Book" (EMSA by Abboud, et al.)  One of
the first syntactic points covered was that word order in Arabic is
first person, second person, and then third; and that this in in no
wise "impolite."  I.e.  /anaa  wa-anta/  =  "you and I."
       In a letter from Ghassan Kanafani to Ghada Samman, just published
in B. Frangieh's *Anthology...* [Yale U. Press], p. 178 end],  G.K.
uses  /anti  wa-anaa/  for  "you (f.) and I." an obvious example of
European influence on the syntax.
      Has anyone else found such examples in Modern Written Arabic?
      Best wishes,

                   Mike Schub

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