Comparative constructions in Bisha Colloquial Arabic: a case study

IntroductionComparative constructions are a core syntactic and semantic feature across Arabic varieties, yet their dialectal realizations remain unevenly documented. Despite extensive research on Modern Standard Arabic (MSA) and major dialects, the comparative system of Bisha Colloquial Arabic (BCA)...

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Published in:	Frontiers in Language Sciences
Main Author:	Fatema Alharthy
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Frontiers Media S.A. 2025-07-01
Subjects:	comparisons comparative constructions Bisha Colloquial Arabic (BCA) Arabic dialects Modern Standard Arabic (MSA) syntactic simplification
Online Access:	https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/flang.2025.1560932/full

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