The Syntax of Arabic

by Joseph E. Aoun, Elabbas Benmamoun, Lina Choueiri

Overview

Recent research on the syntax of Arabic has produced valuable literature on the major syntactic phenomena found in the language. This guide to Arabic syntax provides an overview of the major syntactic constructions in Arabic that have featured in recent linguistic debates, and discusses the analyses provided for them in the literature. A broad variety of topics are covered, including argument structure, negation, tense, agreement phenomena, and resumption. The discussion of each topic sums up the key research results and provides new points of departure for further research. The book also contrasts Standard Arabic with other Arabic varieties spoken in the Arab world. An engaging guide to Arabic syntax, this book will be invaluable to graduate students interested in Arabic grammar, as well as syntactic theorists and typologists.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780511849497
Publisher:	Cambridge University Press
Publication date:	12/03/2009
Series:	Cambridge Syntax Guides
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
File size:	3 MB

About the Author

Joseph E. Aoun is President of Northeastern University, Boston, Massachusetts.
Lina Choueiri is Associate Professor in the English Department at the American University of Beirut.
Elabbas Benmamoun is Professor in the Department of Linguistics at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

Table of Contents

1. Issues in the syntax of Arabic; 2. Clause structure in Arabic; 3. The syntax of subjects; 4. Sentential agreement; 5. The syntax of sentential negation; 6. Modes of interrogation; 7. Restrictive relatives; 8. Clitic left dislocation and focus constructions; 9. The syntax of the Arabic left periphery.