A Multi-Locus Analysis of Arabic Negation: Micro-Variation in Southern Levantine, Gulf and Standard Arabic

by Ahmad Alqassas

Book Overview

This book studies the micro-variation in the syntax of negation of Southern Levantine, Gulf and Standard Arabic. By including new and recently published data that support key issues for the syntax of negation, the book challenges the standard parametric view that negation has a fixed parametrized position in syntactic structure. It particularly argues for a multi-locus analysis with syntactic, semantic, morphosyntactic and diachronic implications...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1474433154
• ISBN13: 9781474433150
• Release Date: February 2021
• Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 0.73 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.1" x 9.2"