Formal Treatment of Definiteness in Arabic

Authors

  • Jalal Raii

Abstract

This paper analyzes the views of transformational linguists on the definite article with special reference to how it is generated. It also gives a formal representation of the possible configurations in a DP with a definite article al in Arabic. It also tries to account for the generation of a DP that contains the definite article al and the indefinite article in Arabic. 

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2017-10-02

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Raii, J. . (2017). Formal Treatment of Definiteness in Arabic. Tishreen University Journal- Arts and Humanities Sciences Series, 39(3). Retrieved from https://journal.tishreen.edu.sy/index.php/humlitr/article/view/3198

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Vol. 39 No. 3 (2017): الآداب والعلوم الانسانية

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