A multi-locus analysis of Arabic negation : micro-variation in Southern Levantine, Gulf and Standard Arabic /

Studying the micro-variation in the syntax of negation of Southern Levantine, Gulf and Standard Arabic, this text includes new and recently published data that support key issues for the syntax of negation, challenging the standard parametric view that negation has a fixed parametrized position in s...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Alqassas, Ahmad, 1982- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, 2019.
Series:Edinburgh studies in theoretical linguistics.
Subjects:
Arabic language > Negatives.
Arabic language > Syntax.
Arabic language > Semantics.
Arabe (Langue) > Négations.
Arabe (Langue) > Syntaxe.
Arabe (Langue) > Sémantique.
FOREIGN LANGUAGE STUDY / Arabic
Arabic language > Negatives
Arabic language > Semantics
Arabic language > Syntax
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • List of illustrations
  • Acknowledgments
  • List of abbreviations
  • Introduction
  • 1 Issues in the syntax of sentential negation
  • 2 Locus of negation in syntactic structure
  • 3 Semantic and pragmatic effects of negative markers
  • 4 Licensing Negative Sensitive Items
  • 5 Distribution of the negation strategies
  • 6 The Jespersen Cycle of negation
  • 7 Summary and conclusions
  • Bibliography
  • Index

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