Ordinal numerals in Jordanian Arabic: A morphosyntactic investigation
The purpose of this study is to discuss the morphosyntax of ordinal numerals in Jordanian Arabic (JA). I show that ordinal numerals in JA do not belong to a uniform category and argue that they show different syntactic and morphological behaviours depending on their structural position inside the ex...
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2023-06-01
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| description | The purpose of this study is to discuss the morphosyntax of ordinal numerals in Jordanian Arabic (JA). I show that ordinal numerals in JA do not belong to a uniform category and argue that they show different syntactic and morphological behaviours depending on their structural position inside the extended nominal projection. In particular, I argue that pre-nominal ordinals are QPs that can merge inside or outside the DP, similar to the quantifier kull (Shlonsky, 1991; Benmamoun, 1999). On the other hand, I show that post-nominal ordinals are adjectives that merge inside the extended nominal projection (Corbett, 2004; Fassi-Fehri, 2018), similar to adnominal adjectives in JA. The findings of this study show that ordinals might belong to distinct syntactic categories within the same language depending on their structural position. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-7f32bd315d6e416ea23ea9dd4cf2607f2024-04-03T06:20:39ZengConstantine the Philosopher University in NitraTopics in Linguistics2199-65042023-06-01241829310.2478/topling-2023-0006Ordinal numerals in Jordanian Arabic: A morphosyntactic investigationAlhailawani Mohammad01University of Petra, JordanThe purpose of this study is to discuss the morphosyntax of ordinal numerals in Jordanian Arabic (JA). I show that ordinal numerals in JA do not belong to a uniform category and argue that they show different syntactic and morphological behaviours depending on their structural position inside the extended nominal projection. In particular, I argue that pre-nominal ordinals are QPs that can merge inside or outside the DP, similar to the quantifier kull (Shlonsky, 1991; Benmamoun, 1999). On the other hand, I show that post-nominal ordinals are adjectives that merge inside the extended nominal projection (Corbett, 2004; Fassi-Fehri, 2018), similar to adnominal adjectives in JA. The findings of this study show that ordinals might belong to distinct syntactic categories within the same language depending on their structural position.https://doi.org/10.2478/topling-2023-0006jordanian arabicdeterminer phraseordinalsadjectivesquantifiersnumerals |
| spellingShingle | Alhailawani Mohammad Ordinal numerals in Jordanian Arabic: A morphosyntactic investigation Topics in Linguistics jordanian arabic determiner phrase ordinals adjectives quantifiers numerals |
| title | Ordinal numerals in Jordanian Arabic: A morphosyntactic investigation |
| title_full | Ordinal numerals in Jordanian Arabic: A morphosyntactic investigation |
| title_fullStr | Ordinal numerals in Jordanian Arabic: A morphosyntactic investigation |
| title_full_unstemmed | Ordinal numerals in Jordanian Arabic: A morphosyntactic investigation |
| title_short | Ordinal numerals in Jordanian Arabic: A morphosyntactic investigation |
| title_sort | ordinal numerals in jordanian arabic a morphosyntactic investigation |
| topic | jordanian arabic determiner phrase ordinals adjectives quantifiers numerals |
| url | https://doi.org/10.2478/topling-2023-0006 |
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