A constructionist approach to Arabic active participles
This paper aims at analyzing the active participle in Modern Literary Arabic. In this type of nominalization, the active participle is ambiguous between a nominal and a verbal reading. We first show how this construction is similar to nominal structures; then we explain how it exhibits verb-like pro...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Taylor & Francis Group
2025-12-01
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| Series: | Cogent Arts & Humanities |
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| Online Access: | https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/10.1080/23311983.2025.2458928 |
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| Summary: | This paper aims at analyzing the active participle in Modern Literary Arabic. In this type of nominalization, the active participle is ambiguous between a nominal and a verbal reading. We first show how this construction is similar to nominal structures; then we explain how it exhibits verb-like properties; we further argue that, in spite of the verbal properties, this construction is best analyzed as an instance of non-verbal predication. Last, using Distributed Morphology, we show how the active participle projects into a root clause. |
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| ISSN: | 2331-1983 |