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Themes in Arabic and Hebrew Syntax

Part of the book series: Studies in Natural Language and Linguistic Theory ((SNLT,volume 53))

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In this introduction, we attempt to place each of the contributions to this volume in a broader context that involves brief summaries of existing studies on related phenomena. We have opted to proceed in this way, rather than to introduce the contributions to this volume in isolation, in order to achieve a number of other goals. First, this strategy presents us with the opportunity to provide a limited survey of existing literature and of the syntactic phenomena they discuss which we hope will serve as a useful reference to interested students of the syntax of the Semitic languages. Secondly, it makes it possible to draw attention to certain phenomena that have not been explored on a sufficient scale. Thirdly, it enables us to undertake, at an observational level intended to excite curiosity rather than provide answers, a certain degree of comparative groundwork between Arabic and Hebrew.

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Ouhalla, J., Shlonsky, U. (2002). Introduction. In: Ouhalla, J., Shlonsky, U. (eds) Themes in Arabic and Hebrew Syntax. Studies in Natural Language and Linguistic Theory, vol 53. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-010-0351-3_1

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