The feature structure of functional categories : a comparative study of Arabic dialects / Elabbas Benmamoun.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Benmamoun, Elabbas, author.

Series:

Oxford studies in comparative syntax.

Oxford scholarship online.

Oxford studies in comparative syntax

Oxford scholarship online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Arabic language--Dialects--Syntax.

Arabic language.

Minimalist theory (Linguistics).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xi, 180 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York ; Oxford University Press, 2023.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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.

Contents:

Contents; 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; Bibliography; Index

Notes:

Previously issued in print: 2000.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Derived record based on print version record and publisher information.

ISBN:

0-19-772162-1

1-280-75985-2

0-19-535314-5

OCLC:

252638700