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Remarks On Modern Standard Arabic Construct State And Quantification, Mohammed Abuhaib
Remarks On Modern Standard Arabic Construct State And Quantification, Mohammed Abuhaib
Theses and Dissertations
This thesis investigates the interpretations of genitive and quantificational forms that Modern Standard Arabic (MSA) unifies under a complex DP, namely Construct State (CS). Despite the linguistic differences between these phenomena, the PF form of this structure neutralizes all indicated types and their sub-types into a head-complement form (possessum-possessor or quantifier-domain restriction), where the whole structure’s definiteness is recovered from the complement that is distinguished for this value overtly. However, the internal syntactic and semantic components such as the source of relations and definiteness value of the whole structure that contribute to the CS its various interpretations are always concealed …
Simple Subject-Verb Agreement: A Morphosyntactic Path To Arabic Variations, Turki Alwahibee
Simple Subject-Verb Agreement: A Morphosyntactic Path To Arabic Variations, Turki Alwahibee
Theses and Dissertations
The analytic object of this dissertation is to formally model the Arabic subject-verb agreement aspects, more particularly, the verbal agreement with simple subject DPs. It aims to define how φ-agreement is formally manifested across the Arabic varieties, more specifically, Standard Arabic and the current dialects, and hopes to draw the latter varieties’ interrelation. In other words, this thesis hopes to advance the overall understanding of subject-verb agreement in Arabic and contribute to a clearer and simpler view of a number of specific syntactic phenomena. Most important of all, the subject DP relative order with respect to the verbal predicate influences …
Descripción Y Caracterización De Los Fenómenos Que Afectan La Producción Del Ritmo En Español Por Hablantes Nativos De Inglés Norteamericano. Un Estudio Descriptivo A Partir Del Aula De L2, Leire Martin Perez
Theses and Dissertations
El presente estudio muestra los resultados de una investigación centrada en la producción del ritmo español por hablantes nativos de inglés, aprendientes de español como L2. En general, la adquisición de una segunda lengua es un proceso complejo en el que se deben dominar diferentes áreas. Entre estas áreas, la comunicación oral destaca, ya que es la primera disciplina que se pone en práctica cuando nos comunicamos con alguien. Sin embargo, el proceso de adquisición de la fonética resulta el más complejo para muchos aprendientes, especialmente la adquisición del ritmo, pese a ayudar a hablar de manera más fluida evitando …