Subject-verb agreement in Arabic, Spanish, and English : typological view
Other Title(s)
توافق الفعل مع الفاعل في العربية و الإسبانية و الإنجليزية
Joint Authors
Zurayqat, Malik Jamal
al-Jarrah, Marwan
al-Shawashrah, Iqab Yusuf
Rayyan, Muhammad
Source
Dirasat : Human and Social Sciences
Issue
Vol. 47, Issue 1 (31 May. 2020), pp.144-155, 12 p.
Publisher
University of Jordan Deanship of Academic Research (DAR)
Publication Date
2020-05-31
Country of Publication
Jordan
No. of Pages
12
Main Subjects
Languages & Comparative Literature
Abstract EN
This paper provides a typological comparison of subject-verb agreement in three languages (i.e.
Arabic, Spanish and English) that belong to different language families.
We essentially show that although these three languages share several important properties of subject-verb agreement (e.g., agreement is realized as suffixes), they diverge with respect to many other aspects.
For instance, in Arabic, the word order and the type of the subject (i.e., a pronoun vs.
a full DP) affect subject-verb agreement.
On the other hand, subject-verb agreement in Spanish and English is insensitive to either condition.
However, unlike the case in English, the verb in Spanish displays rich agreement with its subject.
The paper concludes that although subject-verb agreement might be a universal phenomenon, the determinants of its morphosyntactic realization are definitely language-specific.
American Psychological Association (APA)
al-Jarrah, Marwan& Rayyan, Muhammad& al-Shawashrah, Iqab Yusuf& Zurayqat, Malik Jamal. 2020. Subject-verb agreement in Arabic, Spanish, and English : typological view. Dirasat : Human and Social Sciences،Vol. 47, no. 1, pp.144-155.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1299885
Modern Language Association (MLA)
al-Jarrah, Marwan…[et al.]. Subject-verb agreement in Arabic, Spanish, and English : typological view. Dirasat : Human and Social Sciences Vol. 47, no. 1 (May. 2020), pp.144-155.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1299885
American Medical Association (AMA)
al-Jarrah, Marwan& Rayyan, Muhammad& al-Shawashrah, Iqab Yusuf& Zurayqat, Malik Jamal. Subject-verb agreement in Arabic, Spanish, and English : typological view. Dirasat : Human and Social Sciences. 2020. Vol. 47, no. 1, pp.144-155.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1299885
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
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Record ID
BIM-1299885