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Issues in the Structure of Arabic Clauses and Words (Hardcover, 1993 ed.)
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Issues in the Structure of Arabic Clauses and Words (Hardcover, 1993 ed.)
Series: Studies in Natural Language and Linguistic Theory, 29
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The goals of this study are twofold. First, it investigates the
internal structure of words and clauses in Standard Arabic (SA), in
the light of recent developments of Government and Binding Theory
(GB). Second, it argues for a specific theory of typological
variation. SA morphology is essentially non-concatenative, but word
formation is hierarchical. Unmarked word order is VS(O), but it
alternates with SVO. Sentences are verbless as well as verbal.
Arguments can be null. The rich and complex agreement system
interacts significantly with word order, pronominal incorporation,
and expletive structures. SA's productive Case system raises
interesting issues for Case theory. The DP system exhibits
intriguing complementary distributions between overt determiners,
genitive complements, and possessive markers. Tense, Aspect, Modal,
and negation properties interact in significant ways. Different
Case checking strategies are licensed in the same functional
domain. These descriptive ingredients, compared to those of
Germanic and Romance in particular, provide new grounds for
analyzing typologically related or non-related languages. Within
the invariant system of principles and the set of parameter
specifications provided by Universal Grammar, the burden of
learning is placed on functional categories. A system of
Multi-Valued Functional Parametrization is used to account for
cross-linguistic variation. The focus of SA's own' descriptive
problems turns out to raise interesting comparative and theoretical
questions. Issues are framed within the GB model, but unnecessary
technicalities are avoided. The book is accessible to linguists and
students broadly interested in general, Semitic, and
Arabiclinguistics, in addition to those concerned with the
development of the GB field.
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