Unaccusative verbs in Modern Standard Arabic

• Published in: Saudi Journal of Language Studies Vol. 3; no. 1; pp. 47 - 58
• Main Author: Alonini, Thana Mahmood
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Bingley Emerald Group Publishing Limited 08.03.2023; Emerald Publishing
• Subjects: Arabic language; Chomsky, Noam; Grammatical agreement; Grammatical case; Hypotheses; Intransitive verb; Locality of matching; Minimalist program; Nominative case; Noun phrases; Predicate; Semantic relations; Semantics; Sentence structure; Syntax; Unaccusative verb; Verbs; Word meaning

PurposeThe purpose of this research was to analyze the unaccusative verb in Modern Standard Arabic (MSA) within the framework of MP in order to answer the research question: How does the single argument of an unaccusative verb, that carries the theme theta role and is generated in the object positio...