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DOI: 10.18413/2313-8912-2018-4-2-0-4

AN OVERVIEW OF THE TYPOLOGY OF THE MORPHOLOGICAL FEATURES OF THE ARABIC LANGUAGE BASED ON WALS DATABASE

The study of the typology of languages seems to be approaching languages at a micro level. For instance and with reference to the WALS database, the study of the typology of morphological features of Arabic results into ending up with examining Arabic [languages] other than the Arabic Language. This is clearly indicated according to the conducted studies on some Arabic language varieties which have some of these morphological features that are not observable in the other varieties of the Arabic language. Is this a plus for the Arabic language or is it a minus feature that could result into weakening the linguistic features of Arabic? Diversity among languages is a normal linguistic phenomena but is it so in the case of the typology of languages? Does this exist in similar contexts like British English, North American English, Australian English, etc.? While answering these questions goes beyond this paper, we explored ten morphological features of the typology of languages with a summary for the Arabic language(s) that will hopefully lead to a further study examining such raised questions.

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