Subject, Theme and Agent in Modern Standard Arabic

by Hussein Abdul-Raof

Investigates the universal categories 'subject', 'theme', and 'agent' with special reference to their functional status in Modern Standard Arabic (MSA) and how these three distinct functions may or may not coincide in Arabic sentences. These functions are inexplicitly characterised by classical and modern Arab linguists and Arabists alike.
It has been found that the pre- (viz. sentence - initial) or post-verbal noun phrase (NP) in Arabic can be...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0700706720
• ISBN13: 9780700706723
• Release Date: February 1998
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 268 Pages
• Weight: 1.07 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.7" x 8.6"