Clause Structure and Word Order in Hebrew and Arabic: An Essay in Comparative Semitic Syntax (Oxford Studies in Comparative Syntax)

Shlonsky, Ur

ISBN 10: 0195108671 / ISBN 13: 9780195108675

Published by Oxford University Press, 1997

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Clause Structure and Word Order in Hebrew and Arabic: An Essay in Comparative Semitic Syntax (Oxford Studies in Comparative Syntax)
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Publication Date: 1997
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0195108671
• ISBN 13: 9780195108675
• Binding: paperback
• Condition: Good

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Synopsis

Shlonsky uses Chomsky's Government and Binding Approach to examine clausal architecture and verb movement in Hebrew and several varieties of Arabic. He establishes a syntactic analysis of Hebrew and then extends that analysis to certain aspects of Arabic clausal syntax. Through this comparative lens of Hebrew, Shlonsky hopes to resolve a number of problems in Arabic syntax. His results generate some novel and important conclusions concerning the patterns of negations, verb movement, the nature of participles, and the gamut of positions available to clausal subjects in both languages.

About the Author

Ur Shlonsky teaches theoretical and Semitic syntax in the Department of General Linguistics at the University of Geneva.