Clause structure and word order in Hebrew and Arabic
Subtitle: an essay in comparative Semitic syntax
By: Ur Shlonsky.
Series: Oxford studies in comparative syntax
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 1997
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 289
Subjects: Hebrew language -- Clauses.; Hebrew language -- Word order.; Arabic language -- Clauses.; Arabic language -- Word order.; Hebrew language -- Grammar, Comparative -- Arabic.; Arabic language -- Grammar, Comparative -- Hebrew.; Grammar, Comparative and general -- Syntax.
Description: Clause Structure and World Order in Hebrew and Arabic employs Chomsky's Government and Binding Approach to examine clausal architecture and verb movement in Hebrew and in several varieties of Arabic. Author Ur Shlonsky establishes an analysis of a number of syntactic configurations in Hebrew and then extends this analysis to certain aspects of Arabic clausal syntax. Through this comparative lens, Shlonsky aims to resolve a number of problems in Semitic syntax.

His discussion leads to modifications in the formulation of some syntactic parameters, and his results generate novel and important conclusions concerning the patterning of negation, verb movement, the nature of participles, and the gamut of positions available to clausal subjects.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 268-277) and index.