Hussein Al-Bataineh
Biographic Data
| ID | 3531593 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Hussein Al-Bataineh |
| GIVEN NAMES | Hussein |
| FAMILY NAME | Al-Bataineh |
| SIGNATURE | AL-BATAINEH H |
| AFFILIATIONS | Memorial University of Newfoundland |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-9773-9888 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 8 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 1 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 8 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2019 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
The syntax of negative polarity items in Central Kurdish
This paper investigates the morpho-syntactic properties and structure of hych kasek ‘anyone’ and hych shitek ‘anything’, two negative polarity items (NPIs) in Central Kurdish (CK). The study explores their variants in negative and non-negative contexts and evaluates their alignment with the proposals of Collins and Postal (CP2014). CK data reveal support for the distinction between unary and binary NEG structures, while highlighting variations in…
Arabic Compound Numerals
This paper examines the syntax of additive compound numerals in Modern Standard Arabic (MSA), uncovering their unique properties related to number morphology, definiteness, and Case assignment within numeral-noun constructions. These properties necessitate a constituency analysis which reveals that compound numerals have the structure of copulative compounds in MSA, and they are phrases, not functional heads. Drawing on the distinction between in…
The structure of wh-exclamatives in Jordanian Arabic and beyond
This paper presents an analysis of the characteristics of wh-exclamatives in Jordanian Arabic. I argue that exclamatives are not complete sentences because they are temporally deictic to the moment of utterance. In other words, they lack Tense specification and are considered tenseless expressions (i.e., root small clauses). Two notable complexities arise in wh-exclamatives in Jordanian Arabic, namely the obligatory presence of the demonstrative-…
Alternations of classificatory verb stems in Tłı̨chǫ Yatıì
This paper investigates the phenomenon of ‘classificatory verbs’, i.e. a set of motion and positional verbs that show stem alternations depending on the semantic features of one of their arguments in Tłı̨chǫ Yatıì (Dogrib), based on field notes and documentary sources of the language. The paper shows that Tłı̨chǫ classificatory verbal categories belong to four semantic subclasses which have inconsistent stem inventories caused by the presence or …
The syntax of Arabic vocatives
This paper examines the syntactic structure of Arabic vocatives, focusing on case-marking of vocatives. The assignment of accusative and nominative-like case can be accounted for in the light of Hill (2017)’s proposal which provides the basic structure of the vocative phrase. This paper argues that in Arabic vocatives (i) the particle YAA is a transitive probe with valued [ ACC -Case] and unvalued [2nd] and [Distance] features; (ii) The D has the…
Cree-English intrasentential code-switching
Cree-English intrasentential code-switching
This study examines the morphosyntactic constraints on Cree-English intrasentential codeswitching involving mixed nominal expressions to test the Matrix Language Frame (MLF) model. The MLF model is one of the most influential frameworks in the field of contact linguistics used in the study of grammatical aspects of codeswitching and other contact-induced phenomena. The three principles associated with MLF, viz., the Matrix Language Principle, the…
Emphasis Harmony in Arabic
This overview article examines vowel-consonant harmony, specifically emphatic harmony (also referred to as pharyngealization, velarization, or uvularization), which is found in Semitic languages. It provides a comprehensive overview of emphasis harmony in Arabic dialects from feature-geometric and optimality-theoretic perspectives. From the feature geometric account, emphatic consonants are considered as a natural class within the guttural group …
Emphasis Harmony in Arabic
This overview article examines vowel-consonant harmony, specifically emphatic harmony (also referred to as pharyngealization, velarization, or uvularization), which is found in Semitic languages. It provides a comprehensive overview of emphasis harmony in Arabic dialects from feature-geometric and optimality-theoretic perspectives. From the feature geometric account, emphatic consonants are considered as a natural class within the guttural group …
Cree-English intrasentential code-switching
Cree-English intrasentential code-switching
This study examines the morphosyntactic constraints on Cree-English intrasentential codeswitching involving mixed nominal expressions to test the Matrix Language Frame (MLF) model. The MLF model is one of the most influential frameworks in the field of contact linguistics used in the study of grammatical aspects of codeswitching and other contact-induced phenomena. The three principles associated with MLF, viz., the Matrix Language Principle, the…
Emphasis Harmony in Arabic
This overview article examines vowel-consonant harmony, specifically emphatic harmony (also referred to as pharyngealization, velarization, or uvularization), which is found in Semitic languages. It provides a comprehensive overview of emphasis harmony in Arabic dialects from feature-geometric and optimality-theoretic perspectives. From the feature geometric account, emphatic consonants are considered as a natural class within the guttural group …
The syntax of Arabic vocatives
This paper examines the syntactic structure of Arabic vocatives, focusing on case-marking of vocatives. The assignment of accusative and nominative-like case can be accounted for in the light of Hill (2017)’s proposal which provides the basic structure of the vocative phrase. This paper argues that in Arabic vocatives (i) the particle YAA is a transitive probe with valued [ ACC -Case] and unvalued [2nd] and [Distance] features; (ii) The D has the…
Alternations of classificatory verb stems in Tłı̨chǫ Yatıì
This paper investigates the phenomenon of ‘classificatory verbs’, i.e. a set of motion and positional verbs that show stem alternations depending on the semantic features of one of their arguments in Tłı̨chǫ Yatıì (Dogrib), based on field notes and documentary sources of the language. The paper shows that Tłı̨chǫ classificatory verbal categories belong to four semantic subclasses which have inconsistent stem inventories caused by the presence or …
The structure of wh-exclamatives in Jordanian Arabic and beyond
This paper presents an analysis of the characteristics of wh-exclamatives in Jordanian Arabic. I argue that exclamatives are not complete sentences because they are temporally deictic to the moment of utterance. In other words, they lack Tense specification and are considered tenseless expressions (i.e., root small clauses). Two notable complexities arise in wh-exclamatives in Jordanian Arabic, namely the obligatory presence of the demonstrative-…
The syntax of negative polarity items in Central Kurdish
This paper investigates the morpho-syntactic properties and structure of hych kasek ‘anyone’ and hych shitek ‘anything’, two negative polarity items (NPIs) in Central Kurdish (CK). The study explores their variants in negative and non-negative contexts and evaluates their alignment with the proposals of Collins and Postal (CP2014). CK data reveal support for the distinction between unary and binary NEG structures, while highlighting variations in…
Arabic Compound Numerals
This paper examines the syntax of additive compound numerals in Modern Standard Arabic (MSA), uncovering their unique properties related to number morphology, definiteness, and Case assignment within numeral-noun constructions. These properties necessitate a constituency analysis which reveals that compound numerals have the structure of copulative compounds in MSA, and they are phrases, not functional heads. Drawing on the distinction between in…
Linguistics (8 works) · Computer Science (7 works) · Philosophy (6 works) · Natural language processing (5 works) · Syntax, Semantics, Linguistic Variation (5 works) · Mathematics (4 works) · Arabic (3 works) · Artificial Intelligence (3 works) · Linguistic Variation and Morphology (3 works) · Natural Language Processing Techniques (3 works)