Phase theory : a promising approach to the analysis of Semitic construct state
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Source
Issue
Vol. 2016, Issue 5 (30 Jun. 2016), pp.1-44, 44 p.
Publisher
Al-Qalam University for Humanities and Applied Sciences
Publication Date
2016-06-30
Country of Publication
Yemen
No. of Pages
44
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
Phase theory has been viewed as a promising approach to syntactic phenomena, minimizing the machinery apparatus needed to describe them, and meeting the „limited‟ capacity of human language faculty.
A phase is said to be a unit of syntactic computation that can be sent to the PF and LF interfaces as an independent syntactic chunk (Chomsky 2000, et seq).
This article proposes a phase approach to analyzing Semitic Construct State (CS).
Based on Case as a distinguishing property in Arabic and Hebrew, I argue that Semitic CS is a phase KP headed by K.
My proposal ensues from several CS facts, which are phasal in nature, such as i) the GDC (=genitive DP complement) is a „phase Spellout domain,‟ by virtue of being (and always) assigned Gen Case by its head, ii) KP is necessitated by the GDC‟s Gen Case, iii) a CS has an escape hatch which is an available site for reconstruction, iv) an embedded CS involves multiple Spellouts and successive cyclic movements, and v) K is assumed to be ɸ-complete, and that D inherits its Agree Feature from K (cf.
Chomsky, 2008).
It is hypothesized that a CS minimally consists of two DP layers, viz.
the head-DP and the GDC-DP, which is based on the assumption that the head N can take the definite article.
These two DPs must be linearized before being sent to the interfaces.
Hence the head-DP exits the domain of K, and targets Spec-KP.
K values its Gen Case via Agree with the GDC-DP, and the [uCase] feature of the head DP is valued via Agree established between it and an external head (possibly T/v).
American Psychological Association (APA)
Shurmani, Muhammad Q.. 2016. Phase theory : a promising approach to the analysis of Semitic construct state. Al-Qalam Journal،Vol. 2016, no. 5, pp.1-44.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-953051
Modern Language Association (MLA)
Shurmani, Muhammad Q.. Phase theory : a promising approach to the analysis of Semitic construct state. Al-Qalam Journal No. 5 (Jan. / Jun. 2016), pp.1-44.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-953051
American Medical Association (AMA)
Shurmani, Muhammad Q.. Phase theory : a promising approach to the analysis of Semitic construct state. Al-Qalam Journal. 2016. Vol. 2016, no. 5, pp.1-44.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-953051
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Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references : p. 39-44
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BIM-953051