156 Pages
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Routledge
156 Pages
by
Routledge
156 Pages
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Routledge
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First Published in 2000. This transformational analysis will greatly enrich the field of Arabic linguistics. While the majority of works on the Arabic language have concentrated on regional dialects, the present work fulfils a longfelt need by focusing on modern written or literary Arabic. Although literary Arabic is not used in casual conversation in any of the Arab countries, it is the formal... Read more
Introduction, Phonological and Morphological Hints, Inflections, Transliteration, Notation, Chapter One: Phrase Structure Rules, List of Arabic PS Rules, General Notes, VERB Time and Aspect, NP (Noun Phrase), Adj P (Adjective Phrase), PP (prepositional Phrase), INTENS (Intensifier), ADV (Adverbials), REASON Chapter Two: Major Transformations, I- Pronominalization, II- Clitic Movement, III- Dative Movement, IV- Focus Transformation, Chapter Three: Coordination, The Conjunction Schemata, A - The transformational schema, B - The phrasal schema, Reciprocal Verbs and Adverbs The Conjunction La:kin, Deletion Rules, Some Conditions Governing Conjoined Structures, Chapter Four: Negation, 1- Negation with laua, ll- Negation with La:, Idiomatic Phrases with La:,The Jussive La:;La: in Embedded Sentences, Lam, Chapter Five: Interrogative Clauses, Indirect Questions, nacamlla: Questions, The Interrogative Morphs ?a- and hal, The Question Tag, WH-Questions, Conditions and Remarks on WH-Movement
Biography
Mohammed Ziad Kebbe is Professor of Linguistics at King Saud University, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
