Shlonsky uses Chomsky's Government and Binding Approach to examine clausal architecture and verb movement in Hebrew and several varieties of Arabic. He establishes a syntactic analysis of Hebrew and then extends that analysis to certain aspects of Arabic clausal syntax. Through this comparative lens of Hebrew, Shlonsky hopes to resolve a number of problems in Arabic syntax. His results generate some novel and important conclusions concerning the patterns of negations, verb movement, the nature of participles, and the gamut of positions available to clausal subjects in both languages.
Author(s): Ur Shlonsky
Year: 1997
Language: English
Pages: 304
Contents......Page 8
Note on Transcription and Glosses......Page 12
1.1 Prologue......Page 16
1.2 Clause Structure......Page 17
1.2.1 The Functional Layer......Page 18
1.2.2 The Operator Layer......Page 20
1.2.3 Support Theory and Checking Theory......Page 21
1.3.1 Word Order and Verb Movement......Page 22
1.3.2 The System of Tenses and Agreement......Page 24
1.3.3. Clausal Negation......Page 27
1.3.4 A Note on ?et and Accusative Case......Page 32
Part I: Verb Movement and Clausal Architecture......Page 36
2.1 Overview......Page 40
2.2 The Verbal Benoni......Page 43
2.3 The Benoni as a Participle......Page 45
2.4 The Benoni as a Present Tense Verb......Page 53
2.5 Conclusion......Page 57
3.1 The Benoni Raises beyond AgrPartP......Page 58
3.2 Weak Auxiliaries and Raised Participles......Page 61
3.3 CI with Nonverbal Predicates and the Nature of [F]......Page 63
3.4 CI in a Cross-Linguistic Perspective......Page 67
3.5 Benoni-Raising: A Second Look......Page 69
3.6 The "Bare" Benoni Present Tense......Page 70
3.7 Summary and Conclusions......Page 71
4.2 Properties of ?eyn......Page 73
4.3 ?eyn as a Neg[sup(0)]......Page 75
4.4 The Position of NegP in the Clausal Hierarchy......Page 76
4.5 ?eyn and Verb Movement......Page 80
4.6 The Scope of Verb Movement in Hebrew......Page 84
4.7 Subject Positions......Page 87
4.8 Subjects under ?eyn, their Traces, and the Complementizer-Trace Effect......Page 91
4.9 Conclusion......Page 95
5.2 Existential/Locative Predicates under ?eyn......Page 97
5.3 Copular Sentences and Benoni Verbs......Page 102
6.2 laa Negation and Clausal Hierarchy......Page 109
6.3 Two Other Negative Structures......Page 120
6.4 A Typology of Negative Heads......Page 123
Part II: Null Subjects and Inversion......Page 124
7.1 Introduction......Page 126
7.2 The Distribution of Null Subjects......Page 127
7.3 The Position of Null Subjects......Page 143
7.4 Null Subjects in ?eyn sentences......Page 144
7.5 Null Subjects in Agreeing ?eyn Sentences......Page 155
8.1 Introduction......Page 159
8.2 Two Strategies of Inversion......Page 160
8.3 Triggered Inversion (TI)......Page 161
8.4 Free Inversion (FI) and VP-Subjects......Page 178
8.5 Conclusion......Page 187
Part III: The Pronominal System......Page 190
9.1 Introduction......Page 192
9.2 Properties of Semitic Clitics......Page 193
9.3 The Incorporation Analysis......Page 196
9.4 Semitic Clitics as Agr[sup(0)] Elements......Page 202
9.5 Final Remarks......Page 218
10.1 The Internal Structure and Distribution of "Unattached" Pronouns......Page 219
10.2 Pronouns Weak and Strong......Page 224
10.3 The Syntax of Hebrew Weak Pronouns Reconsidered......Page 232
10.4 Conclusion......Page 241
Appendix: Nonpronominal Incorporation......Page 244
Notes......Page 250
Bibliography......Page 283
A......Page 294
B......Page 295
C......Page 296
F......Page 297
I......Page 298
M......Page 299
P......Page 300
Q......Page 301
S......Page 302
V......Page 303
Z......Page 304
