11.1048, Books: Generative Arabic Syntax
The LINGUIST Network
linguist at linguistlist.org
Wed May 10 20:57:34 UTC 2000
LINGUIST List: Vol-11-1048. Wed May 10 2000. ISSN: 1068-4875.
Subject: 11.1048, Books: Generative Arabic Syntax
Moderators: Anthony Rodrigues Aristar, Wayne State U.<aristar at linguistlist.org>
Helen Dry, Eastern Michigan U. <hdry at linguistlist.org>
Andrew Carnie, U. of Arizona <carnie at linguistlist.org>
Reviews: Andrew Carnie: U. of Arizona <carnie at linguistlist.org>
Associate Editors: Ljuba Veselinova, Stockholm U. <ljuba at linguistlist.org>
Scott Fults, E. Michigan U. <scott at linguistlist.org>
Jody Huellmantel, Wayne State U. <jody at linguistlist.org>
Karen Milligan, Wayne State U. <karen at linguistlist.org>
Assistant Editors: Lydia Grebenyova, E. Michigan U. <lydia at linguistlist.org>
Naomi Ogasawara, E. Michigan U. <naomi at linguistlist.org>
James Yuells, Wayne State U. <james at linguistlist.org>
Software development: John Remmers, E. Michigan U. <remmers at emunix.emich.edu>
Sudheendra Adiga, Wayne State U. <sudhi at linguistlist.org>
Qian Liao, E. Michigan U. <qian at linguistlist.org>
Home Page: http://linguistlist.org/
The LINGUIST List is funded jointly by Eastern Michigan University,
Wayne State University, and donations from subscribers and publishers.
Editor for this issue: Scott Fults <scott at linguistlist.org>
==========================================================================
Links to the websites of all LINGUIST's supporting publishers are
available at the end of this issue.
=================================Directory=================================
1)
Date: Wed, 10 May 2000 10:21:15 -0400
From: Paul Peranteau <paul at benjamins.com>
Subject: Generative Arabic Syntax - M. A. Mohammad
-------------------------------- Message 1 -------------------------------
Date: Wed, 10 May 2000 10:21:15 -0400
From: Paul Peranteau <paul at benjamins.com>
Subject: Generative Arabic Syntax - M. A. Mohammad
John Benjamins Publishing announces a new work in Arabic Syntax using
Generative Grammar, specifically Minimalism, for the analysis.
Word Order, Agreement and Pronominalization in Standard and Palestinian Arabic.
Mohammad A. MOHAMMAD (University of Florida)
Current Issues in Linguistic Theory 181
US & Canada: 1 55619 958 9 / USD 69.00 (Hardcover)
Rest of world: 90 272 3687 9 / NLG 138.00 (Hardcover)
The two related issues of word order, and subject-verb agreement have
occupied center stage in the study of Arabic syntax since the time of
Sibawayhi in the eighth century. This book is a contribution to both
of these areas. It is grounded within the generative grammar framework
in one of its most recent versions, namely Minimalism, as expounded in
Chomsky (1995).
In this volume, a detailed description is given of word order options
in Modern Standard Arabic (MSA) and Palestinian Arabic (PA). It is
shown that, perhaps surprisingly, the two varieties allow almost the
same range of word orders.
The important question of whether Arabic has a VP is addressed: the
author argues extensively that Arabic has a VP category. The evidence
derives from examining superiority effects, ECP effects, binding,
variable interpretations, etc.
Also discussed is the content of [Spec, TP] in VSO sentences. It is
argued that the position is occupied by an expletive pronoun. The
author defends the Expletive Hypothesis which states that in VSO
sentences the expletive may take part in checking some features of the
verb. A typology of the expletive pronoun in Modern Standard Arabic,
Palestinian Arabic, Lebanese Arabic, and Moroccan Arabic is provided.
A particularly interesting problem involving pronominal co-reference
is the following: if the subject is the antecedent of a pronominal
clitic, word order is free; if a pronominal is cliticized onto the
subject, then the antecedent must precede. An account that derives
these restrictions without recourse to linear order is proposed.
John Benjamins Publishing Co.
Offices: Philadelphia Amsterdam:
Websites: http://www.benjamins.com http://www.benjamins.nl
E-mail: service at benjamins.com customer.services at benjamins.nl
Phone: +215 836-1200 +31 20 6762325
Fax: +215 836-1204 +31 20 6739773
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
If you buy one of these books, please tell the publisher or author that
you saw it on LINGUIST.
The following publishers contribute to the support of The LINGUIST List:
MAJOR SUPPORTERS
Academic Press
http://www.academicpress.com
Athelstan Publications
http://www.athel.com
Blackwell Publishers
http://www.blackwellpublishers.co.uk/
Cambridge UP -USA
http://www.cup.org
Cascadilla Press
http://www.cascadilla.com/
Elsevier Science Ltd.
http://www.elsevier.nl/
John Benjamins
http://www.benjamins.com/
Kluwer Academic Publishers
http://www.wkap.nl/
Lernout & Hauspie
http://www.lhsl.com
Lincom Europa
http://www.lincom-europa.com
MIT Press
http://mitpress.mit.edu/books-legacy.tcl
Mouton de Gruyter
http://www.deGruyter.de/hling.html
Multilingual Matters
http://www.multilingual-matters.com/
Oxford UP
http://www.oup-usa.org/
Routledge
http://www.routledge.com/
St. Jerome Publishers
http://www.mcc.ac.uk/stjerome
OTHER SUPPORTING PUBLISHERS
Finno-Ugrian Society
http://www.helsinki.fi/jarj/sus/
Graduate Linguistic Students'Association, Umass
http://www.umass.edu/linguist/GLSA/
IULC Publications
http://www.indiana.edu/~iulc/
Kingston Press Ltd.
Linguistic Association of Finland
http://www.ling.helsinki.fi/sky/
Linguistic Society of Southern Africa (LSSA)
http://www.safest.org.za/bsp
Orientalia et Africana
http://orient218.orient.gu.se/afrikanska/afrpubl.html
Pacific Linguistics
http://pacling.anu.edu.au
University of Arizona Press
http://www.uapress.arizona.edu
University of Huelva
http://www.philologia.uhu.es
University of Marburg & Max Hueber
http://staff-www.uni-marburg.de/~introlin/
Utrecht Institute of Linguistics
http://www-uilots.let.uu.nl/
Vaxjo: Acta Wexionesia
Virittaja Aikakauslehti
http://www.helsinki.fi/jarj/kks/virittaja.html
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
LINGUIST List: Vol-11-1048
More information about the LINGUIST
mailing list