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1 online resource |
| Series |
Studies in Semitic languages and linguistics, 0081-8461 ; volume 70 |
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Studies in Semitic languages and linguistics ; 70.
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| Contents |
List of Maps, Figure and Tables ; Foreword ; Acknowledgements ; List of Abbreviations ; Introduction ; 0.1 The Topic; 0.2 The Problem and a Proposed Solution: Predication Analysis; 0.3 Predication Analysis: The Diachronic Dimension; 0.4 Predication Analysis: The Typological Dimension; 0.5 Predication Analysis: The Syntactic Dimension; 0.6 An Apparent Counterexample; 0.7 Developing Predication Analysis; 0.8 The Notion of Native Speaker; Chapter One Copulae in Arabic and Semitic ; 1.1 Preliminary Remarks; 1.2 Genetic and Diffusionist Models of Language Relatedness |
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1.3 The Genetic-Diffusionist Model: Amorite and Pre-Semitic Parastrates1.4 Predication Analysis and the Genetic-Diffusionist Model; 1.4.1 Amorite and Pre-Semitic Copulae: A Taxonomy; 1.4.2 Amorite and Pre-Semitic Copulae: A Refined Account; 1.4.3 Consequences for the l-marker; 1.4.4 Consequences for the y-marker; 1.4.5 Consequences for the Case-Endings; 1.4.6 Consequences for the š-marker; 1.4.7 Consequences for the ḥāl-construction; 1.5 Conclusion; Chapter Two Arabic Copulae: From Modifiers to Relative Clauses ; 2.1 The Diachrony of Predication Analysis and Arabic Modifiers |
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2.2 Arabic Modifiers and Arab Grammarians2.3 The 'Extended Adjective'; 2.4 The Nomino-Verbal Nature of the 'Adjective'; 2.5 The 'Apposition'; 2.6 Generalized Relative Clause Analysis and Predication Analysis; 2.7 Back to the Diachrony of Predication Analysis and Arabic Modifiers; 2.8 Residual Issues; 2.8.1 The Form of llaḏī; 2.8.2 The Form of the Arabic 'Prenominal Article'; 2.9 Conclusion; Chapter Three Arabic Copulae: From Relative Clauses to Recursion ; 3.1 An Ockham's Razor for the Categorial Status of Arabic Copulae; 3.2 The Categorial Status of ḏī, l, n: A First Survey |
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3.3 Categorial Statuses and Discourse-Related Properties3.4 The Categorial Status of l and Its Falsificatory Power; 3.5 The Categorial Status of n: A Paradox; 3.6 The Categorial Status of ḏī and ṯ; 3.7 The Categorial Status of ḏī and a Potential Counterexample; 3.8 A Note on Word-Order Variation in NP-Internal Predication; 3.9 The Categorial Status(es) of ḏī: The Role of Reanalysis; 3.10 The Categorial Status of mā and the Semantic Nuances of Restrictiveness ; 3.11 An Excursus into Non-Contrastiveness; 3.12 The Categorial Status of ḏī and Non-Contrastiveness |
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3.13 Deriving the Categorial Status of ḏī: Internal Factors3.14 Deriving the Categorial Status of ḏī: External Factors; 3.15 Toward an Explanation of the Semantics of Arabic Relative Clauses; 3.16 The Categorial Status of Arabic Copulae and Recursion; 3.17 The Categorial Status of (l)la and Prepositional Marking; 3.18 The Categorial Status of (l)la and Syntactic Phasehood; 3.19 Conclusion; Chapter Four Arabic Case-Endings as Copulae ; 4.1 The Categorial Status of Case-Endings; 4.2 Case-Endings and Koranic Relative Clauses; 4.3 Parallels in Najdi Arabic |
| Summary |
Morphemes combined with the Arabic noun exhibit many puzzling properties, still unaccounted for in the literature. This book proposes a new, unified explanation, analyzing these morphemes as copulae, with the constructions in which they occur as instances of predication |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and indexes |
| Notes |
English |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Arabic language -- Noun phrase
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Arabic language -- Sentences
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Arabic language -- Noun
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FOREIGN LANGUAGE STUDY -- Arabic.
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Arabic language -- Noun
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Arabic language -- Sentences
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| LC no. |
2013024125 |
| ISBN |
1299829899 |
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9781299829893 |
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9004256288 |
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9789004256286 |
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900425627X |
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9789004256279 |
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