The Feature Structure of Functional Categories: A Comparative Study of Arabic Dialects - Rilegato

Libro 4 di 46: Oxford Studies in Comparative Syntax

Benmamoun, Elabbas

 
9780195119947: The Feature Structure of Functional Categories: A Comparative Study of Arabic Dialects

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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. Language variation is attributed to differences with respect to the categorial feature specifications of functional categories and how they interact with lexical categories. The book brings new insights to issues related to the syntax of functional categories, the relation between syntax and the morpho-phonological component, and comparative syntax.

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Recensione

a very impressive and complex array of facts ... the contribution made to the comparative study of Arabic dialects is important (Journal of Linguistics, Vol.37)

Contenuti

  • 1: Introduction
  • Part 1: 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 2: The Feature Structure of Negation
  • 5: Sentential Negation in the Modern Arabic Dialects
  • 6: Negation in Standard Arabic
  • 7: Negation and Imperatives
  • Part 3: Agreement Asymmetries
  • 8: Subject Verb Agreement Asymmetries
  • 9 Agreement Asymmetries in DPs:
  • References
  • Index

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9780195119954: The Feature Structure of Functional Categories: A Comparative Study of Arabic Dialects

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ISBN 10:  0195119959 ISBN 13:  9780195119954
Casa editrice: Oxford University Press USA, 2000
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