Is Arabic punctuation rule-governed?

Figures & data

Table

	EditCorp_ar	EditCorp_en
Words/Sentence	44.53	23.25
Words/Paragraph	64.83	79.30
Sentences/Paragraph	1.69	4.14

Table

	BookCorp_ar	BookCorp_en
Words/Sentence	40.69	29.42
Words/Paragraph	74.15	174.26
Sentences/Paragraph	2.22	6.71

Table

	AbsCorp_ar	AbsCorp_en
Words/Sentence	56.18	27.02
Words/Paragraph	93	203.25
Sentences/Paragraph	2.07	8.19

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	En-ArPC_ar	En-ArPC_en
Words/Sentence	16.68	20.38
Words/Paragraph
Sentences/Paragraph

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	Parallel_ar	Parllel_en
Words/Sentence	16.68	20.38
Words/Paragraph	17.13	21.68
Sentences/Paragraph	1.05	1.13

Figure 1. Arabic vs. English sentence sizes in En-ArPC.

Table

	AbsCorp_ar	AbsCorp_en	EditCorp_ar	EditCorp_en	BookCorp_ar	BookCorp_en	Parallel_ar	Parallel_en
Words/Sentence	56.18	27.02	44.53	23.25	40.69	29.35	16.68	20.38
Words/Paragraph	92.82	203.25	64.83	79.30	74.15	174.65	17.14	21.68
Sentences/Paragraph	2.07	8.19	1.69	4.14	2.22	6.72	1.05	1.13

Table 1. Flieiss multirater kappa results.

Overall agreement^a^,b
		Asymptotic			Asymptotic 95% Confidence Interval
	Kappa	Standard Error	z	Sig.	Lower Bound	Upper Bound
Overall Agreement	0.092	0.002	59.63	.000	.089	.095

^a Sample data contains 53 effective subjects and 93 raters.

^b Rating category values are case sensitive.