Word Order, Agreement and Pronominalization in Standard and Palestinian Arabic
Mohammad A. Mohammad
[Current Issues in Linguistic Theory, 181] 2000. xvi, 197 pp.
Mohammad A. Mohammad
List of John Benjamins publications for which Mohammad A. Mohammad plays a role.
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Subjects Afro-Asiatic languages | Generative linguistics | Syntax
Articles
2014 Terms of endearment and anger
in Levantine Arabic: Praying for and against someone Perspectives on Arabic Linguistics XXVI: Papers from the annual symposium on Arabic Linguistics. New York, 2012, Khamis-Dakwar, Reem and Karen Froud (eds.), pp. 243–260 | Article
This article provides a detailed description of a specific structure in Arabic referred to as “God-wishes” by Fergusson (1997). In spite of their singular third person agreement features, the article argues that they are actually imperatives in disguise. Evidence supporting this conclusion is cited… read more
2014 Negation and heads: Agreement and maximal projections in Palestinian Arabic Perspectives on Arabic Linguistics XXIV–XXV: Papers from the annual symposia on Arabic Linguistics. Texas, 2010 and Arizona, 2011, Farwaneh, Samira and Hamid Ouali (eds.), pp. 139–158 | Article
This paper assumes and extends Benmamoun’s (2000) analysis of negation in Arabic. It is suggested that merger with negation in Palestinian Arabic is sensitive to the feature of person. An element may raise to merge with negation only if Neg has this feature present. This feature marks Benmamoun’s… read more
1999 Checking and Licensing Inside dP in Palestinian Arabic Perspectives on Arabic Linguistics: Papers from the Annual Symposium on Arabic Linguistics, Benmamoun, Elabbas (ed.), pp. 27 ff. | Article
1990 The problem of subject-verb agreement in Arabic: towards a solution Perspectives on Arabic Linguistics: Papers from the Annual Symposium on Arabic Linguistics, Eid, Mushira (ed.), pp. 95–125 | Article