The Syntax of Arabic (Cambridge Syntax Guides) - Hardcover

Aoun, Joseph E.; Benmamoun, Elabbas; Choueiri, Lina

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0521650178 ISBN 13: 9780521650175

Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 2009

Synopsis

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.

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About the Authors

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.

Edition details

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication date: 2009
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0521650178
• ISBN 13: 9780521650175
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 258