Aims to unveil the morpho-syntax and the semantics of the Arabic verb. This book aims to bridge the gap between these approaches through an analysis of Taxis, Aspect, Tense and Modality in Standard Arabic. It indicates that the constituents of the verbal system in Arabic are differentiated through their semantic features in a markedness relation. Series: Routledge Arabic Linguistics Series. Num Pages: 256 pages, 14 black & white illustrations, 28 black & white tables, 14 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: 2CSR; CFK. Category: (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 242 x 157 x 19. Weight in Grams: 512. . 2007. 1st Edition. hardcover. . . . .

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Title: Structure and Function of the Arabic Verb (Routledge Arabic Linguistics Series)
Publisher: Routledge
Publication Date: 2007
Language: English
ISBN 10: 041577215X
ISBN 13: 9780415772150
Binding: Hardcover
Edition: 1st Edition
Condition: New

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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, Tense and Modality in Standard Arabic. This is accomplished by showing, firstly, some basic theoretical concerns shared by both schools of thought, and, secondly, the extent to which semantic structures and invariant meanings mirror syntactic representations.

Maher Bahloul’s findings also indicate that the basic constituents of the verbal system in Arabic, namely the Perfect and the Imperfect, are systematically differentiated through their invariant semantic features in a markedness relation.

Finally, this study suggests that the syntactic derivation of verbal and nominal clauses are sensitive to whether or not verbal categories are specified for their feature values, providing therefore a principled explanation to a long-standing debate.

This reader friendly book will appeal to both specialists and students of Arabic linguistics, language and syntax.

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

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