On the syntax of zero copular constructions in standard Arabic
Other Title(s)
التركيب النحوي لجمل الكينونية فارغة الفعل في العربية المعاصرة
Source
Journal of King Abdulaziz University : Arts and Humanities
Issue
Vol. 29, Issue 7 (31 Jul. 2021), pp.661-674, 14 p.
Publisher
King Abdulaziz University Scientific Publishing Center
Publication Date
2021-07-31
Country of Publication
Saudi Arabia
No. of Pages
14
Main Subjects
Arabic language and Literature
Abstract EN
The current paper aims to review the previous accounts analyzing the underlying structure of zero copular constructions in standard Arabic ‘verbless sentences’, and provides much support to the non-null analysis based on intriguing piece of evidence, favouring the view that verbless sentences do not have a null or deleted copula.
the most discussed compelling ones are that of the ability of negative marker laysa to change the predicate case from nominative to accusative and that of complementary distribution between laysa and the present copula form ya-kuun.
to examine the validity of these arguments, the paper adopts the theory of agree relation proposed by the minimalist program (chomsky 1995, 2001), the latest theoretical model in transformational generative grammar, to analyze case and agreement on laysa implementing the assumptions of theory of agree casts grave doubts on null copula’s analysis since the derivation of case and agreement on laysa in verbless sentences can be formed without assuming a null or deleted copula as argued by null copula’s analysis.
American Psychological Association (APA)
al-Haris, Nasir. 2021. On the syntax of zero copular constructions in standard Arabic. Journal of King Abdulaziz University : Arts and Humanities،Vol. 29, no. 7, pp.661-674.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1385021
Modern Language Association (MLA)
al-Haris, Nasir. On the syntax of zero copular constructions in standard Arabic. Journal of King Abdulaziz University : Arts and Humanities Vol. 29, no. 7 (2021), pp.661-674.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1385021
American Medical Association (AMA)
al-Haris, Nasir. On the syntax of zero copular constructions in standard Arabic. Journal of King Abdulaziz University : Arts and Humanities. 2021. Vol. 29, no. 7, pp.661-674.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1385021
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes margin notes.
Record ID
BIM-1385021