The feature structure of functional categories: a comparative study of Arabic dialects
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Beteilige Person: Benmamoun, Elabbas (VerfasserIn)
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:Englisch
Veröffentlicht: New York Oxford University Press 2000
Schriftenreihe:Oxford studies in comparative syntax
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Beschreibung:Includes bibliographical references and index
1. Comparative Arabic Syntax; 1.1 Main Empirical Generalizations; 1.2 Theoretical Assumptions and Implications; Part I: The Feature Structure of Tense; 2. The Tense Systems of Egyptian Arabic, Moroccan Arabic, and Standard Arabic; 3. The Categorial Features of Tense; 4. Checking the Categorial Features of Tense; Part II: The Feature Structure of Negation; 5. Sentential Negation in the Modern Arabic Dialects; 6. Negation in Standard Arabic; 7. Negation and Imperatives; Part III: Agreement Asymmetries; 8. Subject Verb Agreement Asymmetries; 9. Agreement Asymmetries in DPs; Notes
Focusing on the relation between functional categories and lexical and phrasal categories in Arabic dialects, Benmamoun proposes that universally functional categories are specified for categorial features which determine their relation with lexical categories
Umfang:1 Online-Ressource (xi, 180 pages)
ISBN:0195353145
9780195119947
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