Arabic Linguistics

Editors

Enam Al-Wer | University of Essex, UK | enamaessex.ac.uk

Lina Choueiri | American University of Beirut, Lebanon | lc01aub.edu.lb

Uri Horesh | University of St Andrews, UK | uh4st-andrews.ac.uk

Associate Editors

Ellen Broselow | Stony Brook University, USA

Maris Camilleri | University of Essex, UK

Youssef A. Haddad | Georgetown University in Qatar, Qatar

Sam Hellmuth | University of York, UK

Bruno Herin | Institut National des Langues et Civilisations Orientales (INALCO), France

Clive Holes | University of Oxford, UK

Jonathan Owens | University of Bayreuth, Germany

This journal is peer reviewed and indexed in: Baidu Scholar ; CNKI Scholar ; Dimensions ; Glottolog ; Google Scholar ; IBR/IBZ ; Linguistic Bibliography/Bibliographie Linguistique ; Linguistics and Language Behavior Abstracts (LLBA )

Arabic Linguistics is an international peer-reviewed journal that publishes articles on all aspects of the scientific study of Arabic in all its varieties. The focus may be on one or more varieties, the perspective may be synchronic or diachronic, and the methodology may be quantitative or qualitative. Contributions are invited which address current issues in linguistics, with Arabic as the object of investigation. No specific theoretical approaches are given any preference, but submissions need to have clear implications for linguistic theory and cannot be only descriptive in nature. Striving to be a platform for the dissemination of high-quality research on Arabic linguistics, the journal will also publish reviews of important new books in related areas as well as occasional squibs and dissertation abstracts.

The official language of the journal is English.

Arabic Linguistics publishes its articles online first.

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ISSN: 2950-1806 | E-ISSN: 2950‑1792

https://doi.org/10.1075/arli

27 February 2026

Ellipsis in Arabic: Using machine learning to detect and predict elided words

Muhammad S. Abdo, Damir Cavar, Billy Dickson & Attia Youseif | ARLI 1:2 (2025) pp. 240–263

No effect of L1 on learners’ sensitivity to noun-adjective agreement patterns in an explicit judgment task

Halimah Alalawi & Cynthia Lukyanenko | ARLI 1:2 (2025) pp. 147–167

When prosody meets syntax in Hijazi Arabic gapping

Aisha Fuddah, Hammad Alshammari & Hanyong Park | ARLI 1:2 (2025) pp. 216–239

Acquisition of noun plurals in Egyptian‑Arabic speaking children: Using language corpora to inform language milestones

Samantha Ghali, Heba Salama & Mira Goral | ARLI 1:2 (2025) pp. 168–187

Modeling distance-based variable sibilant harmony in Moroccan Arabic with a MaxEnt grammar

Ali Nirheche | ARLI 1:2 (2025) pp. 188–215

The uncommonness of rāħ in Egyptian Arabic: Evidence for rāħ as a foregrounding device

Michael White | ARLI 1:2 (2025) pp. 264–279

Introduction

Reem Khamis & Mira Goral | ARLI 1:2 (2025) pp. 145–146

20 February 2026

Number agreement in South Iranian Arabic: Somewhere between Arabic and Farsi

Amina Harambašić & Dina El Zarka

24 November 2025

Quadriliteral comparatives in Arabic

Dua Abu Elhija & Stuart Davis

2 October 2025

A case study of the features and functions of the Syrian discourse marker lak

Bettina Leitner & Pia Madlener

5 September 2025

On the interplay between case and focus in Classical and dialectal Arabic systems

Maris Camilleri | ARLI 1:1 (2025) pp. 34–56

French and Arabic spelling in typical and specific learning disorder bilingual children in primary grades

Anna Kechichian Khanji, Aurelie Simoës-Perlant & Karine Duvignau | ARLI 1:1 (2025) pp. 103–132

Grammaticalization of the verb qāl ‘to say’ in the Arabic dialect of Deir Ezzour

Saeed Radawi | ARLI 1:1 (2025) pp. 57–76

The negative particles lā and wala in Bedouin dialects of Palestine and Jordan

Angeliki Sigourou | ARLI 1:1 (2025) p. 77

Kenza Sefrioui (ed.). 2024. Maroc: La Guerre des Langues?

Reviewed by Moncef Lahlou | ARLI 1:1 (2025) pp. 137–143

14 January 2025

Youssef A. Haddad. 2023. Introduction to Arabic Linguistics

Reviewed by Karin C. Ryding | ARLI 1:1 (2025) pp. 133–136

13 January 2025

Phonetic realization of the Emphasis contrast in voiceless stops by speakers of four Arabic varieties: The case of F2 and VOT

Vladimir Kulikov & Reem Hazi | ARLI 1:1 (2025) pp. 1–33

Issues

Online-first articles

Volume 1 (2025)

Issue 2

Selected Papers from the 37th Annual Symposium on Arabic Linguistics

Issue 1

Editorial info

Editors

Enam Al-Wer | University of Essex, UK | enamaessex.ac.uk

Lina Choueiri | American University of Beirut, Lebanon | lc01aub.edu.lb

Uri Horesh | University of St Andrews, UK | uh4st-andrews.ac.uk

Associate Editors

Ellen Broselow | Stony Brook University, USA

Maris Camilleri | University of Essex, UK

Youssef A. Haddad | Georgetown University in Qatar, Qatar

Sam Hellmuth | University of York, UK

Bruno Herin | Institut National des Langues et Civilisations Orientales (INALCO), France

Clive Holes | University of Oxford, UK

Jonathan Owens | University of Bayreuth, Germany

Editorial Board

Najla Al-Ghamdi | Taif University, Saudi Arabia

Ahmad Al-Jallad | Ohio State University, USA

Khairia Al-Qahtani | King Khalid University, Saudi Arabia

Ahmad Al-Qassas | Georgetown University, USA

Imran Al-Rashdan | University of Jordan, Jordan

Sara Al-Sheyadi | Sultan Qaboos University, Oman

Kholoud A. Al-Thubaiti | Umm Al-Qura University, Saudi Arabia

Ramzi Baalbaki | American University of Beirut, Lebanon

Simone Bettega | University of Torino, Italy

Adam Benkato | University of California, Berkeley, USA

Sami Boudelaa | United Arab Emirates University, UAE

Marie-Aimée Germanos | Institut National des Langues et Civilisations Orientales (INALCO), France

Atiqa Hachimi | University of Toronto, Canada

Stefano Manfredi | CNRS, France

Hamid Ouali | University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, USA

Stephan Procházka | University of Vienna, Austria

Siham Rouabah | University of Ibn Haldun, Turkey

Lotfi Sayahi | University at Albany / State University of New York, USA

Usama Soltan | Middlebury College, Vermont, USA

Lameen Souag | CNRS, France

Subscription Info

Current issue: 1:2, available as of February 2026

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	Online-only	Print + online
Volume 2 (2026): 2 issues; ca. 250 pp.	EUR 202.00	EUR 257.00

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Volume 1 (2025)	2 issues; 250 pp.	EUR 190.00	EUR 220.00

Author info

Information for authors

Arabic Linguistics invites submissions in line with the journal's aim & scope.

Manuscripts should be submitted via this online submission portal . Before submitting, please consult the relevant stylesheet , the Short Guide to EM for Authors , and the information on ethics and rights below.

Length of manuscripts:
articles: max. 10,000 words (incl. notes and references)
book reviews: max. 3,000 words (incl. notes and references)

If you are not able to submit online, or for any other editorial correspondence, please contact the editors via e-mail:
Enam Al-Wer, enamaessex.ac.uk
Lina Choueiri, lc01aub.edu.lb

Book reviews. Publishers of books that they would like to be considered for a possible book review in the journal can contact the review editor Uri Horesh, uh4st-andrews.ac.uk .

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Authors and reviewers are kindly requested to read this Ethics Statement.

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