1st Edition

Structure and Function of the Arabic Verb

By Maher Bahloul Copyright 2008
276 Pages 14 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

256 Pages 14 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

256 Pages 14 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

Structure and Function of the Arabic Verb is a corpus-based study that unveils the morpho-syntax and the semantics of the Arabic verb. Approaches to verbal grammatical categories - the constituents of verbal systems - often rely on either semantic-pragmatic or syntactic analyses. This research bridges the gap between these two distinct approaches through a detailed analysis of Taxis, Aspect,... Read more

1. Introduction  2. Verbal Categories, Clause Structure, and Modality  3. Verbal Morphology, Structure, and Function  4. The Perfect, Use, and Invariant Meaning  5. The Compound Perfect, and the Modal Qad  6. The Imperfect, Use, and Invariant Meaning  7. Atm Categories, Derivation, and the Verbal Clause  8. Atm Categories, Derivation, and the Nominal Clause  9. Conclusion

Biography

Maher Bahloul is an Assistant Professor of English and Linguistics at the American University of Sharjah.