A multi-locus analysis of Arabic negation : micro -variation in Southern Levantine, Gulf and Standard Arabic / Ahmad Alqassas.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Alqassas, Ahmad, 1982- author.

Series:

Edinburgh studies in theoretical linguistics ; 3.

Edinburgh studies in theoretical linguistics ; 3

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Arabic language--Grammar.

Arabic language.

Grammar, Comparative and general--Negatives.

Grammar, Comparative and general.

Negation (Logic).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xiv, 218 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Place of Publication:

Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, 2019.

Summary:

This book studies the micro-variation in the syntax of negation of Southern Levantine, Gulf and Standard Arabic. By including new and recently published data that support key issues for the syntax of negation, the book challenges the standard parametric view that negation has a fixed parametrized position in syntactic structure.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

List of illustrations

Acknowledgments

List of abbreviations

Introduction

1 Issues in the syntax of sentential negation

2 Locus of negation in syntactic structure

3 Semantic and pragmatic effects of negative markers

4 Licensing Negative Sensitive Items

5 Distribution of the negation strategies

6 The Jespersen Cycle of negation

7 Summary and conclusions

Bibliography

Index

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 27 Apr 2021).

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-4744-3316-2

1-4744-6015-1

OCLC:

1312726509