Thematic structure and para-syntax: Arabic as a case study

by Dickins, J., (James)

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Title Statements

Full title :Thematic structure and para-syntax : Arabic as a case study / James Dickins.

Summary

"Thematic structure and para-syntax: Arabic as a case study presents a structural analysis of Arabic, providing an alternative to the traditional notions of theme and rheme. Taking Arabic as a case-study, this book claims that approaches to thematic structure propounded in universalist linguistic theories, of which Hallidayan systemic functional linguistics is taken as an illustrative example, are profoundly wrong. It argues that in order to produce an analysis of thematic structure and similar phenomena which is not undermined by its own theoretical presuppositions, it is necessary to remove such notions from the domain of linguistic and semiotic theory. The book initially focuses on Sudanese Arabic, because this allows for a beautifully clear exposition of general principles, before applying these principles to Modern Standard Arabic, and some other Arabic varieties. This book will be of interest to scholars in Arabic linguistics, linguistic theory, and information structure"--

Edition Statements

Publication Date:©2020

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Routledge
Place of Publication:Abingdon, Oxon
Language:eng
Publication Date:©2020

The Physical Object

Description:1 online resource (viii, 165 pages) : : illustrations.

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:9780429351150, 0429351151, 9781000769746, 1000769747, 9781000769661, 1000769666, 9781000769708, 1000769704
DOI:10.4324/9780429351150
oclc:on1123187625
LC Classification:PJ6151
Dewey Decimal:492.7/5

Introduction -- Signs, syntax, para-syntax, theme and rheme -- Issues in defining 'theme' -- Recursion -- Summary of arguments so far -- Traditional Arabic grammar analysis of Arabic clause structure -- Peri/Thema-Nuc/Rhema analysis of Standard Arabic -- Phrase-structural para-syntax in Arabic: beyond theme and rheme -- Phrase-structural para-syntactic notions vs. (real) semantic notions -- Distinguishing syntax from para-syntax -- Conclusions.

Subjects

Analyse linguistique (Linguistique) Arabe (Langue) -- Syntaxe Arabic language -- Syntax FOREIGN LANGUAGE STUDY -- Arabic LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES -- Journali… Linguistic analysis (Linguistics) Linguistics -- Philosophy Linguistique -- Philosophie