The Case of Wallahi in Egyptian Arabic: Discourse Particles Revisited

Mughazy, Mustafa A.

doi:10.1075/cilt.247.04mug

In:Perspectives on Arabic Linguistics: Papers from the Annual Symposium on Arabic Linguistics
Edited by Dilworth B. Parkinson and Samira Farwaneh
[Current Issues in Linguistic Theory 247] 2003
► pp. 3–17

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Discourse Particles Revisited

The Case of Wallahi in Egyptian Arabic

Mustafa A. Mughazy | University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Published online: 19 December 2003

https://doi.org/10.1075/cilt.247.04mug

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