The Relationship between Agreement and Morphological Case: Evidence from Arabic

語法一致性與構詞格之關係探討：以阿拉伯語為例

拉施德．艾爾-巴路施(Rashid Al-Balushi)

《Concentric： Studies in Linguistics》 44卷2期 (2018/11) Pp. 69-109

https://doi.org/10.6241/concentric.ling.201811_44(2).0003

摘要

This paper argues for the dissociation between agreement and structural Case, based on data from Standard Arabic (SA) and the Omani variety of Arabic (OA), and makes two claims in this regard. First, agreement is related to morphological case (m-case) in two ways: 1) agreement deputizes for m-case when m-case is absent (either because m-case is not realized or because the DP is not overt); and 2) the agreement affixes (subject vs. object) reflect the case values (Nom vs. Acc) that DPs surface with. This applies to structural and lexical as well as default case types, thus indicating lack of connection to arguments. Second, using data from OA, whose DPs do not bear m-case and verbs bear full agreement with both arguments, it will be argued that the proposed relationship between agreement and m-case, where agreement deputizes for m-case in the morphological component, helps in θ-role assignment.

關鍵字

structural Case ； lexical case ； default case ； morphological case ； agreement

並列摘要

無資料

並列關鍵字

結構格 ； 詞彙格 ； 缺省格 ； 構詞格 ； 語法一致性

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