Deflected Agreement and Verb Singular in Arabic: A Three‐Stage Historical Model

A categorical initial Vsg (verb in singular) in Classical Arabic (‘verbal sentence’) is unique among the Semitic languages, and can therefore be postulated to be innovative in it. This paper situates this phenomenon in the larger context of the development of so‐called deflected agreement (FSG agree...

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Main Author: Owens, Jonathan 1951- (Author)
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Language:English
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Published: Oxford University Press 2021
In: Journal of Semitic studies
Year: 2021, Volume: 66, Issue: 2, Pages: 483-502
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