Negation in Bisha Arabic

Fatema Modaf Alharthy; Meshari Ali Alsairi; Jamal Kaid Mohammad Ali

doi:10.35516/hum.v52i6.6714

Authors

Fatema Modaf Alharthy Department of English and Literature, University of Bisha, Bisha, Saudi Arabia https://orcid.org/0009-0006-9561-3388
Meshari Ali Alsairi Department of English and Literature, University of Bisha, Bisha, Saudi Arabia https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3079-5580
Jamal Kaid Mohammad Ali Department of English and Literature, University of Bisha, Bisha, Saudi Arabia https://orcid.org/0009-0004-3249-5973

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.35516/hum.v52i6.6714

Keywords:

Bisha Arabic, Negation, Negative Elements, Sentential Negation and Constituent Negation.

Abstract

Objectives: Previous studies have provided an analytical description of the phenomenon of negation in Modern Standard Arabic and some other Arabic dialects. In contrast, the phenomenon of negation in the Bishah Arabic dialect has not been described or linguistically analyzed within the framework of Lexical Functional Grammar or any other theory. Therefore, the current research aims to describe and analyze the fundamentals of negation rules in the Bishah Arabic dialect.

Research Methods: A descriptive approach was adopted to analyze elements of negation within the framework of Lexical Functional Grammar. The data set was constructed by the authors, who are native speakers of Bishah Arabic.

Results: The study found that Bishah Arabic has its own methods and tools for expressing negation. It was observed that negation tools are assigned within field I of the analytical sentence structure.

Conclusions: The research concluded that Bishah Arabic is similar to other Arabic dialects in how it expresses negation but possesses unique tools to express the meaning that contradicts reality.

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