There are no broad subjects in Standard Arabic

The current article argues that the multiple nominative constructions of the Japanese type do not exist in Standard Arabic. Based on evidence from binding, A′-interception and Case, the article shows that the so-called ‘broad subject’ is a clitic left-dislocated element base generated in the A′-doma...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Alqarni Muteb, Alanazi Mohammad
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: De Gruyter 2023-09-01
Series:Linguistics
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1515/ling-2021-0125