Perspectives on Arabic linguistics. X : papers from the tenth Annual Symposium on Arabic Linguistics
- Author/Creator:
- Annual Symposium on Arabic Linguistics (10th)
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- Amsterdam : J. Benjamins Pub. Co., 1997
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- Book
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- Perspectives on Arabic linguistics. X : papers from the tenth Annual Symposium on Arabic Linguistics / editors, Mushira Eid, Robert R. Ratcliffe
- Series Titles:
- Amsterdam studies in the theory and history of linguistic science. Series IV, Current issues in linguistic theory, v. 153
Amsterdam studies in the theory and history of linguistic science. 153.
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- Eid, Mushira
Ratcliffe, Robert R.
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- Arabic language--Congresses
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- PERSPECTIVES ON ARABIC LINGUISTICS X PAPERS FROM THE TENTH ANNUAL SYMPOSIUM ON ARABIC LINGUISTICS; Editorial page; Title page; Copyright page; Table of contents; FOREWORD; INTRODUCTION; REFERENCES; I. DISCOURSE AND SYNTACTIC PERSPECTIVES; REMARKS ON FOCUS IN STANDARD ARABIC; 1. Introduction; 2. Foci versus Topics; 3. The Grammatical Basis of Focus; 4. Sentence-focus and Focus Markers; 5. Interrogative Focus; 6. Negative Focus; 7. A Note on Verb Focus; 8. Conclusion; REFERENCES; DEFINITENESS REALIZATION AND FUNCTION IN PALESTINIAN ARABIC; 1. Introduction; 1.1 Overview
1.2 Theoretical assumptions 2. Methodology; 3. Definiteness Realization; 4. Definiteness Function; 4.1 Word order and definiteness; 4.2 Clause Combining: Grounding and transitivity; 4.3 The Givenness Hierarchy; 5. Conclusion; REFERENCES; CASE PROPERTIES OF NOMINALIZATION DPS IN CLASSICAL ARABIC; 1. Introduction; 2. Construct State and the Verbal Argument Structure; 2.1 Construct State; 2.2 Fassi Fehri (1993); 3. Merger, Case-Checking Options and Parallel Derivation; 3.1 Merger of the verbal and noun features; 3.2 Agreement and Case-checking; 3.2.1 Agr=Agr0; 3.2.2 Agr=Agrs
3.2.3. Agr=Agr0 + Agrs 3.2.4 Hookup and occurrence frequency: A correlation?; 3.2.5 Summary; 4. Conclusion; REFERENCES; II. MORPHOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVES; UNDERSPECIFICATION OF LEXICAL ENTRIES FOR ARABIC VERBS; 0. Introduction; 1. Theoretical Assumptions; 1.1 Predicate-argument structure of verbs; 1.1.1 Predicate-argument structure formation; 1.1.2 PAS vs. prominence hierarchies; 1.1.3 Does PAS have independent motivation?; 1.2 Syntactic assumptions; 2. Consequences of Minimalism for Lexical Structure; 2.1 The inadmissability of stems as lexical entries; 2.2 Lexemes as lexical entries for verbs
3. Grammatical Consequences of Lexical Underspecification 3.1 Features and morphological operations; 3.1.1 Theorem 1: Derivation precedes inflection; 3.1.2 Theorem 2: Derivation is postsyntactic; 3.2 Morphosyntactic representation in Arabic; 4. Conclusion; REFERENCES; PLURAL FORMATION IN ARABIC; 1. Introduction; 2. Previous Analyses; 3. A New CV Theory; 4. Plural Formation; 4.1 Regular plurals; 4.2. Irregular plurals; 4.3. Sound plurals; 5. Some Consequences of the Analysis; 6. Conclusion; REFERENCES; PROSODIC TEMPLATES IN A WORD-BASED MORPHOLOGICAL ANALYSIS OF ARABIC
1. Problems with The Root and Template Analysis 1.1 Prosodic circumscription, mapping, moraic affixation; 2. Root-Based vs. Word-Based Lexicon; 3. Moraic Affixation vs. Mapping; 3.1 Where either analysis works: The 'core' internal morphology; 3.2 Where template mapping is invoked: The minority stems; 3.2.1 Spreading rules; 3.3 The non-core morphology: Moraic affixation without iambicity; 3.4 Affixation and template mapping in competition: 'Broken' plurals; 4. Conclusion; REFERENCES; THE SUPPLETIVE IMPERATIVE OF ARABIC ""COME""; 1. Introduction; 2. Semitic Comparanda; 2.1 Arabic ti; 2.2 Ethiopie na - Summary:
- The papers in this volume are a selection of papers presented at the 10th Annual Symposium on Arabic Linguistics (Salt Lake City, 1-3 March 1996). The contributions are:Remarks on Focus in Standard Arabic: Jamal Ouhalla;Definiteness Realization and Function in Palestinian Arabic: Dina Belyayeva; Case Properties of Nominalization Dps in Classical Arabic: Arthur Stepanov; Underspecification of Lexical Entries for Arabic Verbs: Mark S. LeTourneau; Plural Formation in Arabic: Ali Idrissi; Prosodic Templates in a Word-Based Morphological Analysis of Ar
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- English
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- English
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- 1 online resource (304 pages)
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- 9936716398102486
- ISBN:
- 1-283-31239-5
9786613312396
90-272-7591-2 - OCLC Number:
- 769341863
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