The Feature Structure of Functional Categories: A Comparative Study of Arabic Dialects

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• Oxford Studies in Comparative Syntax ii
• Title Page iii
• Acknowledgments v
• Contents vii
• Abbreviations xi
• 1 - Comparative Arabic Syntax 3
• I - The Feature Structure of Tense 17
• 2 - The Tense Systems of Egyptian Arabic, Moroccan Arabic, and Standard Arabic 19
• 3 - The Categorial Features of Tense 37
• 4 - Checking the Categorial Features of Tense 51
• II - The Feature Structure of Negation 67
• 5 - Sentential Negation in Modern Arabic Dialects 69
• 6 - Negation in Standard Arabic 94
• 7 - Negation and Imperatives 111
• III - Agreement Asymmetries 119
• 8 - Subject Verb Agreement Asymmetries 121

• Oxford Studies in Comparative Syntax ii
• Title Page iii
• Acknowledgments v
• Contents vii
• Abbreviations xi
• 1 - Comparative Arabic Syntax 3
• I - The Feature Structure of Tense 17
• 2 - The Tense Systems of Egyptian Arabic, Moroccan Arabic, and Standard Arabic 19
• 3 - The Categorial Features of Tense 37
• 4 - Checking the Categorial Features of Tense 51
• II - The Feature Structure of Negation 67
• 5 - Sentential Negation in Modern Arabic Dialects 69
• 6 - Negation in Standard Arabic 94
• 7 - Negation and Imperatives 111
• III - Agreement Asymmetries 119
• 8 - Subject Verb Agreement Asymmetries 121
• 9 - Agreement Asymmetries in Dps 140
• Notes 157
• Bibliography 167
• Index 175