Encyclopedia of Arabic Language and Linguistics

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Object

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see Transitivity: Object
Datum: 2018-04-01

Object, Absolute

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Autor(en): Moheiddin Ali Homeidi
1. Definition The absolute object ( al-mafʿūl al-muṭlaq) is defined in the Arabic syntactic tradition as “an accusative noun phrase that takes the form of its maṣdar ( nomina verbi or infinitives) or its substitute; it is used to emphasize the action of its governor (the verb or its substitutes), its kind or number” (ar-Rājiḥī 1988:277). The term mafʿūl muṭlaq is not used by Sībawayhi; he discusses the function of the maṣdar in the construction of the absolute object under the term ism al-ḥadat̲ān or al-ḥadat̲ ‘the event’ ( Kitāb I, 15.2–3; cf. I, 117–120 Bāb mā yakūnu min al-maṣādir mafʿūlan
Datum: 2019-05-01

Obligatory Contour Principle

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Autor(en): Samuel Rosenthall
The Obligatory Contour Principle (OCP), originally proposed to account for the distribution of tones in West African languages (see Leben 1973; Goldsmith 1976), has been extended to a wider range of phenomena, leading to McCarthy's formal definition of the principle: “At the melodic level, adjacent identical elements are not permitted” (1986:208). The study of Arabic phonology and morphology has had a profound influence in extending the role of the OCP in grammar. The OCP, as first proposed, is illustrated by the tonology of Mende, which has surface tone patterns LHH and HLL (H hi…
Datum: 2018-04-01