The syntax of applicative constructions in spoken Sudanese Arabic

Different languages have different means for structuring clauses which allow the coding of a thematically peripheral argument or adjunct as a core-object argument. The resulting constructions are known as double object or applicative constructions. The primary aim of this paper is to present a syn...

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Main Authors:	Fazal Mohamed Mohamed Sultan, Mohammed Adam Mohammed Taha, Saeed Al- Qumairi
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Language:	English
Published:	Penerbit Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 2018
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spelling	ukm-128922019-05-12T21:54:20Z http://journalarticle.ukm.my/12892/ The syntax of applicative constructions in spoken Sudanese Arabic Fazal Mohamed Mohamed Sultan, Mohammed Adam Mohammed Taha, Saeed Al- Qumairi, Different languages have different means for structuring clauses which allow the coding of a thematically peripheral argument or adjunct as a core-object argument. The resulting constructions are known as double object or applicative constructions. The primary aim of this paper is to present a syntactic analysis of applicative constructions in Sudanese Arabic within the theoretical framework of the Minimalist Program (Chomsky, 1993, 1995), in particular, the notion of phases, in combination with Pylkkänen's proposed phrase structure and the semantics of I-applicative (2000, 2008). The overall endeavor is to provide answers to the central questions: how applicatives in Sudanese Arabic are derived? Whether applicatives in Sudanese Arabic are I-applicatives or Eapplicatives? The derivation of such constructions in Sudanese Arabic involves the coding of new argument in the argument structure of the verb. This new argument is introduced via a preposition and has a benefactive/goal interpretation. This argument is c-commanded by any internal argument. The applied argument is placed in the complement position of the head ApplI, and can undergo neither A-movement nor wh-movement. This makes Sudanese Arabic fit into the general syntactic typology of I-type applicative languages cross-linguistically and consequently promoting contrastive linguistics. Penerbit Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 2018 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://journalarticle.ukm.my/12892/1/22716-78343-1-PB.pdf Fazal Mohamed Mohamed Sultan, and Mohammed Adam Mohammed Taha, and Saeed Al- Qumairi, (2018) The syntax of applicative constructions in spoken Sudanese Arabic. 3L; Language,Linguistics and Literature,The Southeast Asian Journal of English Language Studies., 24 (2). pp. 143-153. ISSN 0128-5157 http://ejournal.ukm.my/3l/issue/view/1096
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description	Different languages have different means for structuring clauses which allow the coding of a thematically peripheral argument or adjunct as a core-object argument. The resulting constructions are known as double object or applicative constructions. The primary aim of this paper is to present a syntactic analysis of applicative constructions in Sudanese Arabic within the theoretical framework of the Minimalist Program (Chomsky, 1993, 1995), in particular, the notion of phases, in combination with Pylkkänen's proposed phrase structure and the semantics of I-applicative (2000, 2008). The overall endeavor is to provide answers to the central questions: how applicatives in Sudanese Arabic are derived? Whether applicatives in Sudanese Arabic are I-applicatives or Eapplicatives? The derivation of such constructions in Sudanese Arabic involves the coding of new argument in the argument structure of the verb. This new argument is introduced via a preposition and has a benefactive/goal interpretation. This argument is c-commanded by any internal argument. The applied argument is placed in the complement position of the head ApplI, and can undergo neither A-movement nor wh-movement. This makes Sudanese Arabic fit into the general syntactic typology of I-type applicative languages cross-linguistically and consequently promoting contrastive linguistics.
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author	Fazal Mohamed Mohamed Sultan, Mohammed Adam Mohammed Taha, Saeed Al- Qumairi,
spellingShingle	Fazal Mohamed Mohamed Sultan, Mohammed Adam Mohammed Taha, Saeed Al- Qumairi, The syntax of applicative constructions in spoken Sudanese Arabic
author_facet	Fazal Mohamed Mohamed Sultan, Mohammed Adam Mohammed Taha, Saeed Al- Qumairi,
author_sort	Fazal Mohamed Mohamed Sultan,
title	The syntax of applicative constructions in spoken Sudanese Arabic
title_short	The syntax of applicative constructions in spoken Sudanese Arabic
title_full	The syntax of applicative constructions in spoken Sudanese Arabic
title_fullStr	The syntax of applicative constructions in spoken Sudanese Arabic
title_full_unstemmed	The syntax of applicative constructions in spoken Sudanese Arabic
title_sort	syntax of applicative constructions in spoken sudanese arabic
publisher	Penerbit Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia
publishDate	2018
url	http://journalarticle.ukm.my/12892/ http://journalarticle.ukm.my/12892/ http://journalarticle.ukm.my/12892/1/22716-78343-1-PB.pdf
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The syntax of applicative constructions in spoken Sudanese Arabic

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