The Syntax of Arabic
1st Edition
Published on 30. September 2010
978-0-511-68747-1 (ISBN)
Description
Recent research on the syntax of Arabic has produced valuable literature on the major syntactic phenomena found in the language. This guide to Arabic syntax provides an overview of the major syntactic constructions in Arabic that have featured in recent linguistic debates, and discusses the analyses provided for them in the literature. A broad variety of topics are covered, including argument structure, negation, tense, agreement phenomena, and resumption. The discussion of each topic sums up the key research results and provides new points of departure for further research. The book also contrasts Standard Arabic with other Arabic varieties spoken in the Arab world. An engaging guide to Arabic syntax, this book will be invaluable to graduate students interested in Arabic grammar, as well as syntactic theorists and typologists.
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Cambridge
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Cambridge University Press
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
Worked examples or Exercises
File size
0,87 MB
ISBN-13
978-0-511-68747-1 (9780511687471)
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Joseph E. Aoun | Elabbas Benmamoun | Lina Choueiri
The Syntax of Arabic
Book
12/2009
Cambridge University Press
€87.70
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Persons
Joseph E. Aoun is President of Northeastern University, Boston, Massachusetts. Lina Choueiri is Associate Professor in the English Department at the American University of Beirut. Elabbas Benmamoun is Professor in the Department of Linguistics at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
Content
1. Issues in the syntax of Arabic; 2. Clause structure in Arabic; 3. The syntax of subjects; 4. Sentential agreement; 5. The syntax of sentential negation; 6. Modes of interrogation; 7. Restrictive relatives; 8. Clitic left dislocation and focus constructions; 9. The syntax of the Arabic left periphery.
