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Morphemes combined with the Arabic noun are clearly described in the literature, but their interpretation can be somewhat nebulous, and a unified scholarly analysis does not as yet exist. This book proposes a new and unified perspective regarding these morphemes, analyzing them as copulae, and the constructions in which they occur as instances of predication.
Analyzing morphemes combined with the Arabic noun as copulae explains many of their puzzling properties (rise and loss of declension, proteiform nature of nunation, etc.). Emphasis is placed on data previously marginalized in the description of these morphemes, from pre-Classical Arabic transmitted by Arab Grammarians, Semitic languages that contributed to the emergence of Arabic through language contact, and roughly 30 languages genetically unrelated to Arabic.
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Copulae in the Arabic Noun Phrase
Studies in Semitic Languages and Linguistics Editorial board
Aaron D. Rubin and C.H.M. Versteegh
VOLUME 70
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Copulae in the Arabic Noun Phrase A Unified Analysis of Arabic Adnominal Markers By
Francesco Grande With a Foreword by
Antonella Ghersetti
Leiden • boston 2013
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Grande, Francesco. Copulae in the Arabic noun phrase : a unified analysis of Arabic adnominal markers / by Francesco Grande ; with a foreword by Antonella Ghersetti. pages cm. — (Studies in Semitic Languages and Linguistics ; 70) Includes index. ISBN 978-90-04-25627-9 (hardback : alk. paper) — ISBN 978-90-04-25628-6 (e-book) 1. Arabic language—Noun phrase. 2. Arabic language—Sentences. 3. Arabic language—Noun. I. Title. PJ6696.Z5N684 2013 492.7’555—dc23
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contents List of Maps, Figure and Tables .................................................................. xi Foreword ............................................................................................................ xiii Acknowledgements ......................................................................................... xvii List of Abbreviations ....................................................................................... xix Introduction ..................................................................................................... 0.1 The Topic ............................................................................................ 0.2 The Problem and a Proposed Solution: Predication Analysis ............................................................................................... 0.3 Predication Analysis: The D