4. Understanding Arabic verbal semantics

Kapitel in diesem Buch

1. Prelim pages i
2. Table of contents vii
3. Preface xiii
4. Notes on symbols, abbreviations and other conventions followed in examples xv
5. 1. Introduction 1
6. 2. Verbal morphology and the lexicon 15
7. 3. Alternative morphologies 39
8. 4. Understanding Arabic verbal semantics 63
9. 5. Evaluating the pattern III–pattern VI semantic relationship 83
10. 6. Transitivity and valency 103
11. 7. The pattern III template 131
12. 8. An aspectual model for Modern Standard Arabic 157
13. 9. Aspectual categorisation of patterns III and VI 189
14. 10. Inceptive aspect 213
15. 11. The passive in patterns III and VI 237
16. 12. Conclusions 247
17. Bibliography 257
18. Appendix I. Data tables 265
19. Appendix II. Semantic category labels 267
20. Appendix III. Native speaker questionnaire 269
21. Appendix IV. Passive participles in patterns III and VI 275
22. Name index 277
23. Subject index 279