The Syntax of Phrase in Arabic: X-Bar Analysis

Rakas, Mohammed S

Article Details

The Syntax of Phrase in Arabic: X-Bar Analysis

Authors:

Rakas, Mohammed S

Publisher:

جامعة بنغازي - كلية الآداب والعلوم بالمرج

Journal:

مجلة العلوم والدراسات الإنسانية Vol.2017 Issue 25, pp.32-43

Document Type:

Article

Publication Date:

2/2017

Document Language:

English

Document ID (Org No.):

2001076411

pISSN:

2312-4962

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Abstract:

 The universal syntactic X-bar (X') theory is adopted here to examine phrase structure (PS) in classical Arabic. This syntactic theory posits a set of phrase structure principles claimed to be shared by human languages. This paper tries to examine the Arabic various phrase categories in the light of these universal principles. In addition, it shows that the traditional flat-structure tree diagram assumed for phrase structure analysis fall short of providing adequate analysis for Arabic phrase structure. Hence, the universal X-bar level is needed to account for syntactic phrasal positions, including complement and adjunct positions. All phrase structural positions in Arabic are established and the various phrasal categories are subsumed under the universally accepted X' phrase marker.

Article Details

The Syntax of Phrase in Arabic: X-Bar Analysis

Authors:

Rakas, Mohammed S

Publisher:

جامعة بنغازي - كلية الآداب والعلوم بالمرج

Journal:

مجلة العلوم والدراسات الإنسانية Vol.2017 Issue 25, pp.32-43

Document Type:

Article

Publication Date:

2/2017

Document Language:

English

Document ID (Org No.):

2001076411

pISSN:

2312-4962

اللغة العربية

النحو

النحاة

التحليل اللغوي

الدراسات اللغوية

مستخلصات الأبحاث

Issues

Article Details

The Syntax of Phrase in Arabic: X-Bar Analysis

Authors: Rakas, Mohammed S

Publisher: جامعة بنغازي - كلية الآداب والعلوم بالمرج

Journal: مجلة العلوم والدراسات الإنسانية Vol.2017 Issue 25, pp.32-43

Document Type: Article

Publication Date: 2/2017

Document Language: English

Document ID (Org No.): 2001076411

pISSN: 2312-4962

اللغة العربية

النحو

النحاة

التحليل اللغوي

الدراسات اللغوية

مستخلصات الأبحاث

Issues

Authors:

Rakas, Mohammed S

Publisher:

جامعة بنغازي - كلية الآداب والعلوم بالمرج

Journal:

مجلة العلوم والدراسات الإنسانية Vol.2017 Issue 25, pp.32-43

Document Type:

Article

Publication Date:

2/2017

Document Language:

English

Document ID (Org No.):

2001076411

pISSN:

2312-4962