Issues in the structure of Arabic clauses and words /

The goals of this study are twofold. First, it investigates the internal structure of words and clauses in Standard Arabic (SA), in the light of recent developments of Government and Binding Theory (GB). Second, it argues for a specific theory of typological variation. SA morphology is essentially n...

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Main Author: Fassi Fehri, Abdelkader
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Dordrecht ; Boston : Kluwer Academic, 1993.
Series:Studies in natural language and linguistic theory ; v. 29.
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