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A minimalist analysis of obligatory reflexivity in Tripolian Libyan Arabic
Thesis (MA)--Stellenbosch University, 2016.
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| spelling | oai:scholar.sun.ac.za:10019.1/100161 A minimalist analysis of obligatory reflexivity in Tripolian Libyan Arabic Elghariani, Khulud Abdulhakim Oosthuizen, Johan Stellenbosch University. Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences. Dept. of General Linguistics. Arabic language -- Dialects -- Grammar, comparative and general -- Reflexives Libyan languages -- Reflexives Berber languages -- Reflexives Arabic language -- Dialects -- Libya -- Tripoli Arabic language -- Textbooks for foreign speakers -- English Arabic language conversation and phrase books -- English UCTD Thesis (MA)--Stellenbosch University, 2016. ENGLISH ABSTRACT: This study deals with the phenomenon of obligatory reflexivity in Tripolian Libyan Arabic (TL-Arabic), a variety of Maghrebi Arabic spoken in North Africa. This phenomenon has not yet been systematically described for TL-Arabic. The study has two major aims. The first is to give a detailed description of reflexive pronouns in TL-Arabic and of the constructions in which they can occur. In this, the focus is placed on those reflexives comprising the REFL element rooḥ- and a personal pronoun, where the reflexive pronoun functions as an independent argument (e.g. as the subject, direct object, prepositional object) but is referentially dependent on some other expression in the sentence (its antecedent). In describing the constructions in which the reflexive pronouns can occur, the focus is on finite verbal object constructions, prepositional object constructions, small clause constructions, and two infinitival constructions, namely control constructions and raising constructions. The second major aim is to provide an analysis of the facts of obligatory reflexivity in TL-Arabic, focusing in particular on the coreferential relationship between a reflexive pronoun and its antecedent. In the course of the discussion attention is also given to the agreement relationship between the subject marker (SM) and the expression functioning as the subject of the sentence, as well as to the relevant aspects of TL-Arabic syntax. The analysis is developed within the broad framework of Minimalist Syntax and, more specifically, within the framework of the Nominal Shell Analysis (NSA) of obligatory reflexivity in Afrikaans proposed by Oosthuizen (2013) and subsequently extended to Chichewa by Msaka (2014). According to the NSA, the coreferential relationship between the reflexive and its antecedent is established within a nominal shell construction, that is, an nP that is headed by an identity focus light noun n. The reflexive is merged as the complement, and the antecedent as the specifier of the light noun. The coreferential relationship between these two expressions is established in this shell configuration via a process of phi-feature valuation (person, number, gender), with the light noun acting as intermediary. A similar analysis is proposed to account for the agreement relationship between the SM and the subject of the sentence. It is claimed that the proposed analysis provides an adequate description and explanation of the facts of obligatory reflexivity in TL-Arabic. AFRIKAANS OPSOMMING: Hierdie studie handel oor die verskynsel van verpligte refleksiwiteit in Tripoliaans-Libiese Arabies (TL-Arabies), ’n variëteit van Maghrebi Arabies wat gepraat word in Noord-Afrika. ’n Sistematiese beskrywing van hierdie verskynsel is nog nie tevore vir TL-Arabies aangebied nie. Die studie het twee hoofoogmerke. Die eerste is om ’n uitvoerige beskrywing te gee van refleksiewe voornaamwoorde in TL-Arabies asook van die konstruksies waarin hulle kan voorkom. Die fokus word geplaas op refleksiewe wat bestaan uit die REFL-element rooḥ- en ’n persoonlike voornaamwoord, waar die refleksiewe voornaamwoord as ’n onafhanklike argument funksioneer (bv. as die subjek, direkte objek, preposisionele objek) maar referensieel afhanklik is van ’n ander uitdrukking in die sin (sy antesedent). In die beskrywing van die konstruksies waarin die refleksiewe voornaamwoorde kan voorkom val die fokus op finiete verbale-objekkonstruksies, preposisionele-objekkonstruksies, beknopte-sinkonstruk-sies, en twee infinitiefkonstruksies, naamlik kontrole-konstruksies en raising-konstruksies. Die tweede hoofoogmerk is om ’n analise te gee van die feite van verpligte refleksiwiteit in TL-Arabies, met spesifieke fokus op die koreferensiële verhouding tussen ’n refleksiewe voornaamwoord en sy antesedent. In die loop van die bespreking word daar ook aandag gegee aan die kongruensie-verhouding tussen die subjekmerker (SM) en die uitdrukking wat as die subjek van die sin funksioneer, asook aan die tersaaklike aspekte van TL-Arabiese sintaksis. Die analise word ontwikkel binne die breë raamwerk van Minimalistiese Sintaksis en, meer spesifiek, binne die raamwerk van die Nominale Skulp-analise (NSA) van verpligte refleksiwiteit soos voorgestel vir Afrikaans deur Oosthuizen (2013) en vervolgens uitgewerk vir Chichewa deur Msaka (2014). Volgens die NSA word die koreferensiële verhouding tussen ’n refleksief en sy antesedent bewerkstellig binne ’n nominale skulp-konstruksie, dit wil sê, ’n nP met ’n identiteitsfokus-ligte naamwoord n as funksionele hoof. Die refleksief word saamgevoeg as die komplement, en die antesedent as die spesifiseerder van die ligte naamwoord. In hierdie konfigurasie word die koreferensiële verhouding tussen die twee uitdrukkings tot stand gebring deur ’n proses van phi-kenmerkwaardering (persoon, getal, geslag), met die ligte naamwoord wat optree as tussenganger. ’n Soortgelyke analise word aangebied ter verklaring van die kongruensie-verhouding tussen die SM en die subjek van die sin. Daar word geargumenteer dat die voorgestelde analise ’n toereikende beskrywing en verklaring bied van die feite van verpligte refleksiwiteit in TL-Arabies. Arabic summary. Please refer to full text for abstract Masters 2016-12-22T13:22:01Z 2016-12-22T13:22:01Z 2016-12 Thesis http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/100161 en_ZA Stellenbosch University 91 pages : illustrations application/pdf Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University |
| spellingShingle | Arabic language -- Dialects -- Grammar, comparative and general -- Reflexives Libyan languages -- Reflexives Berber languages -- Reflexives Arabic language -- Dialects -- Libya -- Tripoli Arabic language -- Textbooks for foreign speakers -- English Arabic language conversation and phrase books -- English UCTD Elghariani, Khulud Abdulhakim A minimalist analysis of obligatory reflexivity in Tripolian Libyan Arabic |
| title | A minimalist analysis of obligatory reflexivity in Tripolian Libyan Arabic |
| title_full | A minimalist analysis of obligatory reflexivity in Tripolian Libyan Arabic |
| title_fullStr | A minimalist analysis of obligatory reflexivity in Tripolian Libyan Arabic |
| title_full_unstemmed | A minimalist analysis of obligatory reflexivity in Tripolian Libyan Arabic |
| title_short | A minimalist analysis of obligatory reflexivity in Tripolian Libyan Arabic |
| title_sort | minimalist analysis of obligatory reflexivity in tripolian libyan arabic |
| topic | Arabic language -- Dialects -- Grammar, comparative and general -- Reflexives Libyan languages -- Reflexives Berber languages -- Reflexives Arabic language -- Dialects -- Libya -- Tripoli Arabic language -- Textbooks for foreign speakers -- English Arabic language conversation and phrase books -- English UCTD |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/100161 |
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