Structure and Function of the Arabic Verb

Taylor & Francis

Structure and Function of the Arabic VerbAuthor(s): Maher Bahloul\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9781138983106, 978-1138983106\nSynopsis\nStructure and Function of the Arabic Verb is a corpus-based study that unveils the morpho-syntax and the semantics of the Arabic verb. \n\nApproaches to verbal grammatical categories - the constituents of verbal systems - often rely on either semantic-pragmatic or syntactic analyses. This research bridges the gap between these two distinct approaches through a detailed analysis of Taxis, Aspect, Tense and Modality in Standard Arabic. This is accomplished by showing, firstly, some basic theoretical concerns shared by both schools of thought, and, secondly, the extent to which semantic structures and invariant meanings mirror syntactic representations.\n\nMaher Bahlouls findings also indicate that the basic constituents of the verbal system in Arabic, namely the Perfect and the Im.