The adverb hierarchy in Jordanian Arabic : a cinquean approach

Other Title(s)

هرمية الظروف في اللهجة الأردنية : منهج تشنك

Joint Authors

al-Jarrah, Marwan
al-Bum, Walid

Source

Dirasat : Human and Social Sciences

Issue

Vol. 47, Issue 1 (31 May. 2020), pp.89-104, 16 p.

Publisher

University of Jordan Deanship of Academic Research (DAR)

Publication Date

2020-05-31

Country of Publication

Jordan

No. of Pages

16

Main Subjects

Arts & Humanities (Multidisciplinary)

Abstract EN

This study explores the adverb/adverbial hierarchy in Jordanian Arabic (JA), appealing to Cinque’s (1999) Universal Adverb Hierarchy (UAH), a cross-linguistically attested model of the structural placement of adverbs/adverbials.

The study examines the extent to which JA relevant data is amenable to the UAH.

The main findings generally corroborate the presence of the UAH in JA, supplying empirical evidence in favor of the validity of the UAH.

More specifically, the study shows that some adverbs/adverbials (belonging to a specific semantic category) should occur to the left of (and hence c-commanding (cf.

Kayne 1994)) other adverbs/adverbials that belong to a different semantic category, exactly in the same fashion that the UAH expects.

Another important finding of this study is that the categorical status of an adverb vs.

an adverbial is immaterial to the UAH, implying for an underlying structure of the UAH which is not affected by the type of the category (i.e.

an adverb vs.

an adverbial) that fills the designated Specifier positions of the UAH.

American Psychological Association (APA)

al-Bum, Walid& al-Jarrah, Marwan. 2020. The adverb hierarchy in Jordanian Arabic : a cinquean approach. Dirasat : Human and Social Sciences،Vol. 47, no. 1, pp.89-104.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1299862

Modern Language Association (MLA)

al-Bum, Walid& al-Jarrah, Marwan. The adverb hierarchy in Jordanian Arabic : a cinquean approach. Dirasat : Human and Social Sciences Vol. 47, no. 1 (May. 2020), pp.89-104.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1299862

American Medical Association (AMA)

al-Bum, Walid& al-Jarrah, Marwan. The adverb hierarchy in Jordanian Arabic : a cinquean approach. Dirasat : Human and Social Sciences. 2020. Vol. 47, no. 1, pp.89-104.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1299862

Data Type

Journal Articles

Language

English

Notes

Record ID

BIM-1299862