This study examines the use of the particle jā as a scope indicator and as a disjunctive coordinator
in Jordanian Arabic. This particle has those functions in structures that
necessitate the interpretation of two copies of jā. The first copy functions as a scope
indicator either, while the second copy functions as a disjunctive co-ordinator or. This
architecture is contextualized by a discussion of recent attempts at syntactizing particles.
This study provides a way to account for the conjunctive nature of jā, which is left
unexplored in previous accounts. Some of data of the study is extracted from the natural
speech of thirty hours of radio conversations that have been obtained from Radio Fan Fm
and and Facebook posts and comments for speakers of Jordanian Arabic. Another source
of data came from the intuitions of native speakers of Jordanian Arabic. The study utilizes
the Minimalist Program for data analysis and develops a battery of tests to highlight
syntactic contexts of jā when it functions for coordination.