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

Shlonsky, Ur

ISBN 10: 0195108663 / ISBN 13: 9780195108668

Published by OUP USA, 1997

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Paperback book in VG condition with some wear and rubbing, creasing to rear cover. Internally clean. xi, 289pp. Seller Inventory # 01140

Bibliographic Details

Title: Clause Structure and Word Order in Hebrew ...

Publisher: OUP USA

Publication Date: 1997

Binding: Soft cover

Condition: Very Good

Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket

Edition: 1st Edition

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Synopsis:

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 aspects of Arabic clausal syntax. Through the 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 negation, verb movement, the nature of participles, and the gamut of positions available to clausal subjects in both languages.

About the Author:

Ur Shlonsky teaches theoretical and Semitic syntax in the Department of General Linguistics at the University of Geneva.