Copulae in the Arabic Noun Phrase

A Unified Analysis of Arabic Adnominal Markers
Erscheinungsjahr 2013
ISBN: 978-90-04-25627-9
Verlag: Brill

Buch, Englisch, Band 70, 324 Seiten, Format (B × H): 160 mm x 239 mm, Gewicht: 680 g

Reihe: Studies in Semitic Languages and Linguistics

Morphemes combined with the Arabic noun are clearly described in the literature, but their interpretation can be somewhat nebulous, and a unified scholarly analysis does not as yet exist. This book proposes a new and unified perspective regarding these morphemes, analyzing them as copulae, and the constructions in which they occur as instances of predication.
Analyzing morphemes combined with the Arabic noun as copulae explains many of their puzzling properties (rise and loss of declension, proteiform nature of nunation, etc.). Emphasis is placed on data previously marginalized in the description of these morphemes, from pre-Classical Arabic transmitted by Arab Grammarians, Semitic languages that contributed to the emergence of Arabic through language contact, and roughly 30 languages genetically unrelated to Arabic.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Grande, Francesco

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Sprachwissenschaft Einzelne Sprachen & Sprachfamilien
• Geisteswissenschaften Sprachwissenschaft Grammatik, Syntax, Morphologie
• Geisteswissenschaften Sprachwissenschaft Historische & Vergleichende Sprachwissenschaft, Sprachtypologie

Über Autor(innen)

Francesco Grande Ph.D. (2011), Università di Pisa, is a Researcher in Arabic Language and Literature at Università Ca' Foscari, Venezia. He has published articles on Arabic linguistics, and taught Arabic Language and Linguistics at the universities of Bologna and Milano.