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
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