Cyclic AGREE derives restrictions on cliticization in classical Arabic
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Martin Walkow
Abstract
Person based restrictions on clitic combinations serve as testing grounds for theories of syntactic locality and the means of avoiding them as windows into last resort mechanisms. Clitic restrictions in the verbal domain in Classical Arabic can be derived by Cyclic AGREE, rather than (defective) intervention. This offers a unified, syntactic analysis of the ultrastrong Person Case Constraint and restrictions on combinations of third person clitics. The alternative structures used when cliticization is blocked are the PF realization of independently established syntactic relations, not a last resort mechanism. Several properties of person restrictions are shown to follow from the causative structure of double object verbs in Classical Arabic.
Abstract
Person based restrictions on clitic combinations serve as testing grounds for theories of syntactic locality and the means of avoiding them as windows into last resort mechanisms. Clitic restrictions in the verbal domain in Classical Arabic can be derived by Cyclic AGREE, rather than (defective) intervention. This offers a unified, syntactic analysis of the ultrastrong Person Case Constraint and restrictions on combinations of third person clitics. The alternative structures used when cliticization is blocked are the PF realization of independently established syntactic relations, not a last resort mechanism. Several properties of person restrictions are shown to follow from the causative structure of double object verbs in Classical Arabic.
Chapters in this book
- Prelim pages i
- Table of contents v
- Introduction 1
- The development of future participles and future tense markers from motion predicates 9
- Yod-dropping in b-imperfect verb forms in Amman 29
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Syntax
- Prosodic constituency and locality in Levantine Arabic 47
- Negation and the subject position in San’ani Arabic 75
- Splitting Neg: 91
- Multiple agreement in Arabic 121
- Cyclic AGREE derives restrictions on cliticization in classical Arabic 135
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Phonology
- Secondary stress exist in Cairene Arabic? 163
- Paradoxical paradigms! Evidence from Lebanese Arabic phonology 185
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Sociolinguistics
- The Arabic of Bukhara 213
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Semantic/Pragmatics
- Terms of endearment and anger in Levantine Arabic 243
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Language acquisition
- On the L1 development of final consonant clusters in Cairene Arabic 263
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Neurolinguistics
- Neurocognitive modeling of the two language varieties in Arabic Diglossia 285
- Index 303
Chapters in this book
- Prelim pages i
- Table of contents v
- Introduction 1
- The development of future participles and future tense markers from motion predicates 9
- Yod-dropping in b-imperfect verb forms in Amman 29
-
Syntax
- Prosodic constituency and locality in Levantine Arabic 47
- Negation and the subject position in San’ani Arabic 75
- Splitting Neg: 91
- Multiple agreement in Arabic 121
- Cyclic AGREE derives restrictions on cliticization in classical Arabic 135
-
Phonology
- Secondary stress exist in Cairene Arabic? 163
- Paradoxical paradigms! Evidence from Lebanese Arabic phonology 185
-
Sociolinguistics
- The Arabic of Bukhara 213
-
Semantic/Pragmatics
- Terms of endearment and anger in Levantine Arabic 243
-
Language acquisition
- On the L1 development of final consonant clusters in Cairene Arabic 263
-
Neurolinguistics
- Neurocognitive modeling of the two language varieties in Arabic Diglossia 285
- Index 303
