A Survey of the Arabic Negative Particles

This data survey presents the various negative particles that are available in 29 dialects of Arabic. It presents the negative particles in their respective constructions. This does not include any analysis of those particles nor a commentary on the structure of the corresponding constructions. The particles are featured with verbs, copulas, modals, pseudo-verbs, modality particles, participles, nouns, adjectives, adverbs, and prepositions. The surveyed dialects are Standard Arabic, Jordanian Arabic, Palestinian Arabic, Rural Palestinian Arabic, Syrian Arabic, Lebanese Arabic, Muslim Baɣdād Arabic (Iraq), South Iraqi Arabic, Kuwaiti Arabic, Ħijāzi Arabic (Saudi Arabia), Najdi Arabic (Saudi Arabia), Jizāni Arabic (Saudi Arabia), Dāxiliyya Arabic (Oman), Emirati Arabic, Šaʕm Šiħħi Arabic (Rās-l-Xēmah, Emirates), Yāfiʕī Arabic (Yemen), Tihāmah Arabic (Yemen), Ṣanʕāni Arabic (Yemen), Abyani Arabic (Yemen), Ħaḍrami Arabic (Yemen), Adeni Arabic (Yemen), Taʕizi Arabic (Yemen), Egyptian Arabic, Šarqiya Arabic (Egypt), Sudanese Arabic, Moroccan Arabic, Libyan Arabic, Algerian Arabic, and Tunisian Arabic (Tunisia). Some of the surveyed negation facts have received theoretical analyses and others descriptive accounts. This compilation, nonetheless, raises a number of questions, like the following.