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Clause Structure and Word Order in Hebrew and Arabic An Essay in Comparative Semitic Syntax

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ISBN-10: 0195108663

ISBN-13: 9780195108668

Edition: 1997

Authors: Ur Shlonsky

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Shlonsky uses Chomsky's Government and Binding Approach to examine clausal architecture and verb movement in Hebrew and several varieties of Arabic. He establishes a syntactic analysis of Hebrew and then extends that analysis to certain aspects of Arabic clausal syntax. Through this comparative lens of Hebrew, Shlonsky hopes to resolve a number of problems in Arabic syntax. His results generate some novel and important conclusions concerning the patterns of negations, verb movement, the nature of participles, and the gamut of positions available to clausal subjects in both languages.
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List price: $150.00
Copyright year: 1997
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 6/12/1997
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 304
Size: 6.50" wide x 9.75" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 1.342
Language: English

Note on Transcription and Glosses
Introduction
Prologue
Clause Structure
The Functional Layer
The Operator Layer
Support Theory and Checking Theory
Elements of Hebrew and Arabic Clausal Syntax
Word Order and Verb Movement
The System of Tenses and Agreement
Clausal Negation
A Note on pet and Accusative Case
Verb Movement and Clausal Architecture
The Active Participle and the Syntax of the Present Tense
Overview
Benoni Inflection
Categorial Ambiguity of the Benoni
The Verbal Benoni
The Benoni as a Participle
The Benoni in Complex Tenses
The Benoni in Complement Small Clauses
The Benoni in Adjunct Small Clauses
The Benoni in Semi-relatives
The Benoni in Another Type of Negative Structure
The Benoni as a Present Tense Verb
The Auxiliary 'Be' and the Benoni
Clausal Adjuncts and Participial (Small Clause) Adjuncts
Relative Clauses
lo Negation in Present Tense Sentences
Conclusion
Participles and Auxiliaries
The Benoni Raises beyond AgrPartP
Subject Inversion in Present Tense Sentences
Inversion in Relative Clauses
Copula Inversion (CI)
Weak Auxiliaries and Raised Participles
CI with Nonverbal Predicates and the Nature of [F]
CI in a Cross-Linguistic Perspective
Benoni-Raising: A Second Look
The "Bare" Benoni Present Tense
Summary and Conclusions
Negation in the Present Tense
Introduction
Properties of Peyn
Peyn as a Neg[superscript 0]
The Position of NegP in the Clausal Hierarchy
Peyn and AgrsP
Peyn and TP
Peyn and Verb Movement
The Scope of Verb Movement in Hebrew
Benoni Movement
Verb Movement in Hebrew: A Synoptic View
Subject Positions
Subjects under Peyn, their Traces, and the Complementizer-Trace Effect
Overt Wh-Movement Under Peyn
Wh in-situ Under Peyn
Quantifier-Raising Under Peyn
Focus-Movement Under Peyn
Conclusion
Some Remaining Issues
Introduction
Existential/Locative Predicates under Peyn
Copular Sentences and Benoni Verbs
Negation in Copular Sentences
Conclusion
Arabic Negation and Arabic Clause Structure
Introduction
laa Negation and Clausal Hierarchy
The Arabic Imperfect
laa and Its Tense Variants
Two Other Negative Structures
Participial Negation
Neutral Neg
A Typology of Negative Heads
Null Subjects and Inversion
Null Subjects
Introduction
The Distribution of Null Subjects
Null Subjects and Pro
Personal and Impersonal Pronouns
The Theory of Pro
Referential Pro in Hebrew
The Internal Structure of Pronouns
Nonreferential Pro
The Internal Structure of Nonreferential Pronouns
Reconsideration of the Feature Identification Procedure
Summary
The Position of Null Subjects
Null Subjects in Peyn sentences
Expletives, Extraposition, and Sentential Subjects
Two Types of Pro[subscript arb]
Atmospheric Pro
Summary
Null Subjects in Agreeing Peyn Sentences
Subject-Verb Inversion
Introduction
Two Strategies of Inversion
Triggered Inversion (TI)
The Nature and the Position of the Trigger
Triggered Inversion as Movement of I to C
The Position of the Subject under TI
Free Inversion (FI) and VP-Subjects
Conclusion
The Pronominal System
Semitic Clitics
Introduction
Properties of Semitic Clitics
The Incorporation Analysis
Is Subject Agreement a Clitic?
Clitics and Agreement in Berber
Semitic Clitics as Agr[superscript 0] Elements
Extensions and Consequences
On the Absence of Clitic Clusters
Predictions Concerning Clitic Doubling
Final Remarks
Pronouns
The Internal Structure and Distribution of "Unattached" Pronouns
Pronouns Weak and Strong
The Weak-Strong Distinction
Subject Pronouns
The Syntax of Hebrew Weak Pronouns Reconsidered
Weak Pronouns Can Appear Higher than AgrOP
Weak Pronouns Can Appear in Spec/AgrO
The Nature of Hebrew Weak Pronouns
Indirect Object Weak Pronouns and Pronoun Clustering
Conclusion
Nonpronominal Incorporation
Notes
Bibliography
Index