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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| description | 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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| spelling | doaj-art-586bb8c9166e4839ac660c532e186bb52025-02-05T14:13:42ZengTaylor & Francis GroupCogent Arts & Humanities2331-19832025-12-0112110.1080/23311983.2025.2458928A constructionist approach to Arabic active participlesAyman Yasin0Osama Abdelghafer1Coordination Unit for Service Courses, Princess Sumaya University for Technology, Amman, JordanDepartment of English, Jordan University of Science and Technology, Irbid, JordanThis 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.https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/10.1080/23311983.2025.2458928Constructionist approachArabic syntaxdistributed morphologyactive participlesfeature checkingArts & Humanities |
| spellingShingle | Ayman Yasin Osama Abdelghafer A constructionist approach to Arabic active participles Cogent Arts & Humanities Constructionist approach Arabic syntax distributed morphology active participles feature checking Arts & Humanities |
| title | A constructionist approach to Arabic active participles |
| title_full | A constructionist approach to Arabic active participles |
| title_fullStr | A constructionist approach to Arabic active participles |
| title_full_unstemmed | A constructionist approach to Arabic active participles |
| title_short | A constructionist approach to Arabic active participles |
| title_sort | constructionist approach to arabic active participles |
| topic | Constructionist approach Arabic syntax distributed morphology active participles feature checking Arts & Humanities |
| url | https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/10.1080/23311983.2025.2458928 |
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