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Record Nr.

UNINA9910785080203321

Autore

Benmamoun Elabbas

Titolo

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

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York : , : Oxford University Press, , 2000

ISBN

0-19-772162-1

1-280-75985-2

0-19-535314-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xi, 180 pages)

Collana

Oxford studies in comparative syntax ; ; 16

Disciplina

492.7/7

Soggetti

Arabic language - Dialects - Syntax

Minimalist theory (Linguistics)

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 167-173) and index.

Nota di contenuto

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

Sommario/riassunto

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.