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Author Shlonsky, Ur.

Title Clause structure and word order in Hebrew and Arabic : an essay in comparative Semitic syntax / Ur Shlonsky.

Publication Info. New York ; Oxford [England] : Oxford University Press, 1997.

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Description 1 online resource (x, 289 pages) : illustrations.
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Series Oxford studies in comparative syntax.
Oxford studies in comparative syntax.
Contents 1. Introduction -- pt. I. Verb Movement and Clausal Architecture. 2. The Active Participle and the Syntax of the Present Tense. 3. Participles and Auxiliaries. 4. Negation in the Present Tense. 5. Some Remaining Issues. 6. Arabic Negation and Arabic Clause Structure -- pt. II. Null Subjects and Inversion. 7. Null Subjects. 8. Subject-Verb Inversion -- pt. III. The Pronominal System. 9. Semitic Clitics. 10. Pronouns -- Appendix. Nonpronominal Incorporation.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 268-277) and index.
Summary Looking at the grammars of Hebrew and several varieties of Arabic, Shlonsky examines clausal architecture and verb movement and the role of agreement in natural language, using Chomsky's Government and Binding approach.
Local Note eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America
Subject Hebrew language -- Clauses.
Hebrew language -- Clauses.
Hebrew language.
Hebrew language -- Word order.
Hebrew language -- Word order.
Arabic language -- Clauses.
Arabic language -- Clauses.
Arabic language.
Arabic language -- Word order.
Arabic language -- Word order.
Hebrew language -- Grammar, Comparative.
Hebrew language -- Grammar, Comparative.
Arabic language -- Grammar, Comparative.
Arabic language -- Grammar, Comparative.
Grammar, Comparative and general -- Syntax.
Grammar, Comparative and general -- Syntax.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Computer network resources.
Electronic books.
Other Form: Print version: Shlonsky, Ur. Clause structure and word order in Hebrew and Arabic. New York ; Oxford [England] : Oxford University Press, 1997 (DLC) 96030845
ISBN 1602561451
9781602561458
9780195108668 (cl)
0195108663 (cl)
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0195108671 (ppr)
142376255X (electronic book)
9781423762553 (electronic book)
0195108663 (cl)
0195108671 (ppr)