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A Multi-locus Analysis of Arabic Negation: Micro-variation in Southern Levantine, Gulf and Standard Arabic By Ahmad Alqassas 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 for the various structural positions. Thus accounting for numerous word order restrictions, semantic ambiguities and pragmatic interpretations without complicating narrow syntax with special operations, configurations or constraints. Key Features - Data from Southern Levantine, Gulf and Standard Arabic shed light on word order contrasts in negative clauses and their interaction with tense/aspect, mood/modality, semantic scope over adverbs, and negative sensitive items - New data challenging the standard claim in Arabic linguistics literature that negation has a fixed parametrized position in the clause structure - Non-parametric analysis challenging the parametric view of cross-linguistic negation studies and supporting a multi-locus analysis Ahmad Alqassas is an Assistant Professor of Arabic Linguistics at Georgetown University
Table des matières
Acknowledgments; List of abbreviations; List of tables; Introduction
Chapter 1: Issues in the Syntax of Sentential Negation
Chapter 2: Locus of Negation in Syntactic Structure
Chapter 3: Semantic and Pragmatic Effects of Negative Markers
Chapter 4: Licensing Negative Sensitive Items
Chapter 5: Distribution of the Negation Strategies
Chapter 6: The Jespersen Cycle of Negation
Chapter 7: Summary and Conclusions
References
A propos de l'auteur
Ahmad Alqassas is Assistant Professor of Arabic Linguistics at Georgetown University
Résumé
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.
