Agr feature and small pro in al-Tanaazu' in classical Arabic

الملخص EN

This paper deals with Case Theory, Deletion and Ɂiʕmaal [case assignment] as manifested in the syntactic construction of Ɂal-Tanaazu’ [case conflict].

The study examines the coordinate structures of ɁalTanaazu‟.

It proposes an alternative operation, namely, Agr feature valuation, that replaces pronominalization or Ɂiđmaar as assumed by CA grammarians, especially in Ɂal-Basra‟s linguistic tradition.

It offers a unifying approach to resolve the issue of Ɂiđmaar within the case study of Ɂal-Tanaazu‟ in the light of Chomsky‟s Minimalism (1995b).

It deals with a very limited set of case assigners, namely, the mono-transitive predicate.

This paper is organized as follows: section (1) introduces an overview of Ɂal-Tanaazu‟ in CA data and Chomsky‟s sub-theories that are required.

Section (2) provides the basic assumptions of the leading figure of ɁalBasra school, i.e., Sibawayh.

Section (3) displays the analysis of the deletion approach adopted by Sibawayh (765-796 A.D.), in conformity with the adjacency condition and the locality principle (Chomsky, 1981).

Then, section (4) includes and represents the findings of this study.