Title: Clause structure and word order in Hebrew and Arabic : an essay in comparative Semitic syntax /
Authors: Shlonsky, Ur.
Publisher: Oxford University Press,
Year: 1997
Subjects: Hebrew language Clauses.; Hebrew language Word order.; Arabic language Clauses.; Arabic language Word order.; Hebrew language Grammar, Comparative.; Arabic language Grammar, Comparative.; Grammar, Comparative and general Syntax.; Hebrew language Grammar, Comparative Arabic.; Arabic language Grammar, Comparative Hebrew.
Contents: 1. Introduction -- 2. The active participle and the syntax of the present tense -- 3. Participles and auxiliaries -- 4. Negation in the present tense -- 5. Some remaining issues -- 6. Arabic negation and Arabic clause structure -- 7. Null subjects -- 8. Subject-verb inversion -- 9. Semitic clitics -- 10. Pronouns.