Gender and Number Agreement in Arabic

Simone Bettega

ISBN 10: 9004527230 / ISBN 13: 9789004527232

Published by Koninklijke Brill BV Dez 2022, 2022

Neuware - This book offers a comprehensive survey of the agreement phenomena found in written and spoken Arabic. It focuses on both the synchronic description of these agreement systems, and the diachronic question of how they evolved. To answer these questions, large amounts of data have been collected and analysed, ranging from 6th century poetry and Quranic Arabic to the contemporary dialects. The results presented by the authors of this research greatly improve our understanding of Arabic syntax, and challenge some well-established views. Can Arabic be envisioned as possessing more than only two genders Are some contemporary dialects more similar to the pre-Classical version of the language than MSA is And is the Standard rule prescribing feminine singular agreement with nonhuman plurals a more recent development than previously thought. Seller Inventory # 9789004527232

Synopsis:

This book offers a comprehensive survey of the agreement phenomena found in written and spoken Arabic. It focuses on both the synchronic description of these agreement systems, and the diachronic question of how they evolved. To answer these questions, large amounts of data have been collected and analysed, ranging from 6th century poetry and Quranic Arabic to the contemporary dialects. The results presented by the authors of this research greatly improve our understanding of Arabic syntax, and challenge some well-established views. Can Arabic be envisioned as possessing more than only two genders? Are some contemporary dialects more similar to the pre-Classical version of the language than MSA is? And is the Standard rule prescribing feminine singular agreement with nonhuman plurals a more recent development than previously thought?

About the Author: Simone Bettega works as a researcher at the University of Turin, where he received his Ph.D. in Linguistics in 2016. His researches mainly focus on linguistic typology, syntax, historical linguistics and the documentation of the Arabic dialects of south-eastern Arabia.

Luca D’Anna holds the position of Associate Professor of Arabic Dialectology at the University of Naples “L’Orientale”, after serving as an Assistant Professor of Arabic at The University of Mississippi. His research focuses on Arabic Linguistics and Dialectology, Eastern Maghrebi dialects, Judeo-Arabic and historical linguistics.

Bibliographic Details

Title: Gender and Number Agreement in Arabic
Publisher: Koninklijke Brill BV Dez 2022
Publication Date: 2022
Binding: Buch
Condition: Neu