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Title:On complex adjectival phrases in Standard Arabic
Authors:ID Aldholmi, Yahya (Author)
ID Ouali, Hamid (Author)
ID Trinh, Tue (Author)
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Language:English
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Typology:1.08 - Published Scientific Conference Contribution
Organization:UNG - University of Nova Gorica
Abstract:Natural language differs from artificial ones in having the “displacement property,” allowing expressions to “move” from one position to another in the sentence. The mapping from syntax to phonology, therefore, must include rules specifying how objects created by movement are pronounced, or in technical jargon, how chains are linearized. One of these rules is Copy Deletion. The present study investigates the structural description of Copy Deletion. Specifically, it proposes a phrase geometric constraint on its application. The proposal is corroborated by empirical arguments based on distributional and interpretational facts concerning predicate clefts, NP-Splits, and head ordering patterns. The data are drawn from languages of different types and families including Chinese, English, Dutch, German, Hebrew, Norwegian, Swedish, and Vietnamese. The book, thus, contributes to our understanding of a crucial property of natural language and should be of relevance to readers who are interested in the cross-linguistic approach to Universal Grammar research.
Keywords:adjectives, case, agreement, definiteness, resumption
Publication status:Published
Publication version:Version of Record
Year of publishing:2019
Number of pages:Str. 79-91
PID:20.500.12556/RUNG-9670 New window
COBISS.SI-ID:221900547 New window
UDC:81'1
DOI:10.1075/sal.7.05ald New window
NUK URN:URN:SI:UNG:REP:AUQLVXQH
Publication date in RUNG:13.01.2025
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Record is a part of a monograph

Title:Perspectives on Arabic linguistics XXX : papers from the Annual Symposia on Arabic Linguistics, Stony Brook, New York, 2016 and Norman, Oklahoma, 2017
Editors:Amel Khalfaoui
Place of publishing:Amsterdam
Publisher:John Benjamins Publishing Company
Year of publishing:2019
ISBN:978-90-272-6248-6
COBISS.SI-ID:221839875 New window
Collection title:Studies in Arabic linguistics
Collection numbering:7

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