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Postverbal Subjects in Arabic and the Theory of Agreement

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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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Standard Arabic exhibits an asymmetry between preverbal and postverbal subjects with respect to the realization of subject agreement morphology on the verb. The basic asymmetry in Arabic agreement is illustrated by the contrast between (1a) and (1b), (2a) and (2b). Arabic verbs agree in number with preverbal but not postverbal subjects.

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  1. University College Dublin, Ireland

    Jamal Ouhalla

  2. University of Geneva, Switzerland

    Ur Shlonsky

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Harbert, W., Bahloul, M. (2002). Postverbal Subjects in Arabic and the Theory of Agreement. 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_2

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