Clause structure and word order in Hebrew and Arabic: an essay in comparative Semitic syntax
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Main Author: Shlonsky, Ur (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: New York Oxford University Press 1997
Series:Oxford studies in comparative syntax
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Item Description:1. Introduction -- pt. I. Verb Movement and Clausal Architecture. 2. The Active Participle and the Syntax of the Present Tense. 3. Participles and Auxiliaries. 4. Negation in the Present Tense. 5. Some Remaining Issues. 6. Arabic Negation and Arabic Clause Structure -- pt. II. Null Subjects and Inversion. 7. Null Subjects. 8. Subject-Verb Inversion -- pt. III. The Pronominal System. 9. Semitic Clitics. 10. Pronouns -- Appendix. Nonpronominal Incorporation
Includes bibliographical references (p. 268-277) and index
Looking at the grammars of Hebrew and several varieties of Arabic, Shlonsky examines clausal architecture and verb movement and the role of agreement in natural language, using Chomsky's Government and Binding approach
Physical Description:1 Online-Ressource (x, 289 p.)
ISBN:0195108663
0195108671
142376255X
1602561451
9780195108668
9780195108675
9781423762553
9781602561458

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