Themes in Arabic and Hebrew Syntax

The aim of this enterprise is to assemble together in one volume works on various syntactic aspects of Arabic and Hebrew, in the hope that it will spur further comparative work within the Semitic family at the level of richness achieved in other language families such as Germanic and Romance. Althou...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Ouhalla, J. (Editor), Shlonsky, U. (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Dordrecht Springer Netherlands 2002, 2002
Edition:1st ed. 2002
Series:Studies in Natural Language and Linguistic Theory
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Collection: Springer Book Archives -2004 - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • Postverbal Subjects in Arabic and the Theory of Agreement
  • Agreement, Clitics and Focus in Egyptian Arabic
  • Cognate Objects in Modern and Biblical Hebrew
  • Constituent Questions in Palestinian Arabic
  • Adjectival Constructs and Inalienable Constructions
  • Nominal Tough-Constructions
  • Gapping and VP-Deletion in Moroccan Arabic
  • Hebrew Lexical Causatives
  • The Manifestation of Genericity in the Tense Aspect System of Hebrew Nominal Sentences
  • The Structure and Logical Form of Negative Sentences in Arabic