Syntactic Analysis of pro in Independent Clauses in Arabic Syntax
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| Title | Syntactic Analysis of pro in Independent Clauses in Arabic Syntax |
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| Abstract | The objective of this work is to investigate the syntactic properties of the empty category pro in Modern Standard Arabic syntax with reference to Chomsky’s (1981-1995) on TGG and Jalabneh’s (2007) Verb -movement. The syntactic properties are represented by the nominative case, case markers, requirement of Extended Projection Principle (EPP), substitution of expletives and deletion at the logical form. The study concludes that pro is assigned the nominative case at S-structure by INFL. It fulfills the requirement of EPP at all levels because of rich Agrs. There are various Agrs markers for pro; it cannot be replaced by expletive entities. It is obligatorily deleted at LF. |
| Publisher | ACADEMY PUBLISHER |
| Date | 2011-06-01 |
| Source | Theory and Practice in Language Studies Vol 1, No 6 (2011) |
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