Basic sentence structure in Sudanese Arabic

On the basis of notions developed in respect of attribution in Dickins (2009, which readers are recommended to read before looking at this paper in detail), I address basic sentence structure in Sudanese Arabic. I argue that a central feature of Sudanese Arabic is the bipartite predicand-predicate (mubtada'-xabar) structure, pointing out that this has some tantalisingly unexpected features. I also consider monopartite sentences in Sudanese Arabic, arguing for a more inclusive view of what constitutes a non-elliptical sentence than is commonly accepted. I finally look briefly at bipartite sentences with 'scrambled' word order.