Al-'Arabiyya : Journal of the American Association of Teachers of Arabic, Volume 58, Volume 58

A leading journal in the field of Arabic language and linguisticsFounded initially as An-Nashra in 1967, Al-'Arabiyya is the annual journal of the American Association of Teachers of Arabic, serving scholars in the United States and abroad. Al-'Arabiyya publishes scholarly and pedagogical articles and reviews that contribute to the advancement of study, criticism, research, and teaching in the fields of Arabic language, literature, and linguistics. The articles in Volume 58 include "Ultrasonic-Acoustic Investigation of the Tongue Retraction Spread of Arabic Emphatics: A Preliminary Study," by Hamed Al-Tairi and Yahya Aldholmi; "Vowel Hiatus Resolution in Arabic," by Samira Farwaneh; "The Morphosyntax of Deverbal Exclamatives in Arabic," by Hussein Al-Bataineh; "Collaborative Culture Notetaking: Innovative Activity Design to Foster Intercultural Competence for Arabic Learners," by Kara Mac Donald and Hazem Osman; "What Is a Lemma in Arabic and Why Does It Matter in the Construction of Frequency Dictionaries," by Laila Familiar; and "When English Is Not the Villain," by Eiman Mustafawi, Mohammad Mostafa Saleem, and Katsiaryna Ata. This volume also includes a book review by Karin Ryding of Modern Standard Arabic: Advanced to Superior Level by Peter Abboud, Aman Attieh, Ernest N. McCarus, and Raji Rammuny.