The syntax and semantics of Modern Standard Arabic resumptive tough-constructions

Tayalati, Fayssal; Danckaert, Lieven

Type de document :

Compte-rendu et recension critique d'ouvrage

DOI :

10.1515/flin-2020-2031

Titre :

The syntax and semantics of Modern Standard Arabic resumptive tough-constructions

Auteur(s) :

Tayalati, Fayssal [Auteur]

Savoirs, Textes, Langage (STL) - UMR 8163 [STL]
Danckaert, Lieven [Auteur]

Savoirs, Textes, Langage (STL) - UMR 8163 [STL]

Titre de la revue :

Folia Linguistica

Pagination :

197-238

Éditeur :

De Gruyter

Date de publication :

2020-04-26

ISSN :

0165-4004

Mot(s)-clé(s) en anglais :

tough-construction
Modern Standard Arabic
Broad Subject
agreement
modification

Discipline(s) HAL :

Sciences cognitives
Sciences cognitives/Linguistique

Résumé en anglais : [en]

This paper is concerned with a hitherto undiscussed type of tough-construction in Modern Standard Arabic (MSA). Our starting point is the observation that the tough-adjective in this construction invariably displays ...
Lire la suite >This paper is concerned with a hitherto undiscussed type of tough-construction in Modern Standard Arabic (MSA). Our starting point is the observation that the tough-adjective in this construction invariably displays nominative masculine singular morphology, a pattern of ‘default’ agreement which does not seem to occur elsewhere in the grammar of MSA. At a semantic level, the relevant adjective is argued to form a complex predicate with a deverbal nominalization that acts as its complement: together, these two elements indirectly modify the subject noun phrase. To explain the default agreement pattern, we propose that MSA tough-constructions involve two distinct subjects, viz. a phonologically null expletive subject which controls agreement on the tough-adjective, and a Broad Subject which acts as the semantic subject of the whole construction. We show that there is independent evidence for the existence of both null expletives and Broad Subjects in MSA.Lire moins >

Langue :

Anglais

Vulgarisation :

Non

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