"Be" and equational sentences in Egyptian colloquial Arabic / Mohamed Sami Anwar.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Anwar, Mohamed Sami.

Series:

Studies in language companion series ; 2.

Studies in language companion series : SLCS, 0165-7763 ; v. 2

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Arabic language--Dialects--Egypt.

Arabic language.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (134 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Amsterdam/Philadelphia : J. Benjamins, 1979.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The volume attempts to deal with equational sentences in Egyptian Colloquial Arabic and their remote structure. In this unique monograph Mohamed Sami Anwar oes to show that equational sentences in Egyptian Colloquial Arabic are derived from underlying sentences that have transitive or intransitive verbs and that the verb be in its overt form is only a tense marker. The chapter following the introduction deals with the equational sentences functioning as conveyers of stative ideas. The third chapter deals with the verb be in Egyptian Colloquial Arabic and how it functions only as a tense marker.

Contents:

BE AND EQUATIONAL SENTENCES IN EGYPTIAN COLLOQUIAL ARABIC; Editorial page; Title page; Copyright page; Table of Contents; CHAPTER I. Introduction; CHAPTER II. THE FUNCTION OF EQUATIONAL SENTENCES IN ECA; CHAPTER III. VERB ""BE"" IN ECA; CHAPTER IV. THE SUBJECT OF THE EQUATIONAL SENTENCE; CHAPTER V. THE PREDICATE AND THE REMOTE STRUCTURE OF EQUATIONAL SENTENCES; CHAPTER VI. CONCLUSION; APPENDIX I.; APPENDIX II.; APPENDIX III.; APPENDIX IV VERB + PARTICLE IN ECA; APPENDIX V The Expletive fih 'there'; REFERENCES ON ECA; BIBLIOGRAPHY

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

90-272-8321-4

9786613222572

1-283-22257-4

OCLC:

742333649