Abstract
The present study investigates the features of the verb agreement in Standard Arabic (SA).The investigation is conducted within the framework of the principles of Chomsky's Minimalism. The main objective of the study is to survey the applicability of the Minimalist principles on the derivation of SV order and VO order in SA. The study shows that the principles of Minimalism cannot account for the feature of agreement asymmetry either in SV order or VS order. The study concludes that principles of Minimalism needs to be modified to justify the asymmetry in agreement features of the verb in both SV and VS orders in SA.
Highlights
The purpose of the present study is to discuss the feature of the verb-subject agreement in Standard Arabic (SA) within the framework of Chomsky's Minimalist Program (MP)
The study has surveyed the applicability of the principles of Chomsky's MP on the agreement asymmetries that are exposed in two word orders of SA
The study has shown that MP principles can account for the agreement features in Subject – Verb (SV) word order
Summary
The purpose of the present study is to discuss the feature of the verb-subject agreement in Standard Arabic (SA) within the framework of Chomsky's Minimalist Program (MP). SA reflects two different word orders : Subject – Verb (SV) order and Verb – Subject (VS) order. The following study seeks to provide an account for this feature of agreement asymmetry between the verb and its subject within the framework of the minimalist program as outlined by Chomsky (1995,1999,2000, , 2004,2005, , 2008). The main purpose is to investigate the applicability of the principles of Chomsky's MP on both word orders in SA to account for the agreement in SA.
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