The Structure and Distribution of Determiner Phrases in Arabic: Standard Arabic and Saudi Dialects

This thesis investigates the syntactic structure of determiner phrases (DP) and their distribution in pre- and postverbal subject positions in Standard Arabic (SA) and Saudi dialects (SUD). It argues that indefinite DPs cannot occupy preverbal subject positions unless they are licensed by modificati...

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Main Author: AlQahtani, Saleh Jarallah
Other Authors: Mathieu, Eric
Language:en
Published: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa 2016
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10393/35081
http://dx.doi.org/10.20381/ruor-5313