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Key features and parameters in Arabic grammar /
In light of recent generative minimalism, and comparative parametric theory of language variation, the book investigates key features and parameters of Arabic grammar. Part I addresses morpho-syntactic and semantic interfaces in temporality, aspectuality, and actionality, including the Past/Perfect/...
| Cote: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Format: | Électronique eBook |
| Langue: | Inglés |
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Amsterdam ; Philadelphia :
J. Benjamins Pub. Co.,
2012.
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| Collection: | Linguistik aktuell ;
Bd. 182. |
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| Accès en ligne: | Texto completo |
| Résumé: | In light of recent generative minimalism, and comparative parametric theory of language variation, the book investigates key features and parameters of Arabic grammar. Part I addresses morpho-syntactic and semantic interfaces in temporality, aspectuality, and actionality, including the Past/Perfect/Perfective ambiguity akin to the very synthetic temporal morphology, collocating time adverb construal, and interpretability of verbal Number as pluractional. Part II is dedicated to nominal architecture, the behaviour of bare nouns as true indefinites, the count/mass dichotomy (re-examined in light. |
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| Description matérielle: | 1 online resource (xx, 358 pages) |
| Bibliographie: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9789027274960 9027274967 9027255652 9789027255655 1283424223 9781283424226 9786613424228 6613424226 |