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Word order, agreement, and pronominalization in standard and Palestinian Arabic /

The two related issues of word order, and subject-verb agreement have occupied center stage in the study of Arabic syntax since the time of Sibawayhi in the eighth century. This book is a contribution to both of these areas. It is grounded within the generative grammar framework in one of its most r...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Mohammad, Mohammad A.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : J. Benjamins Pub. Co., ©2000.
Colección:Amsterdam studies in the theory and history of linguistic science. Current issues in linguistic theory ; v. 181.
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Sumario:The two related issues of word order, and subject-verb agreement have occupied center stage in the study of Arabic syntax since the time of Sibawayhi in the eighth century. This book is a contribution to both of these areas. It is grounded within the generative grammar framework in one of its most recent versions, namely Minimalism, as expounded in Chomsky (1995). In this volume, a detailed description is given of word order options in Modern Standard Arabic (MSA) and Palestinian Arabic (PA). It is shown that, perhaps surprisingly, the two varieties allow almost the same range of word orders. T.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (xvi, 189 pages) : illustrations
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references (pages 181-185) and index.
ISBN:9789027299659
902729965X
ISSN:0304-0712 ;