A minimalist approach to passives in standard Arabic

Amjed Ayyat (P60521)

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DC Field	Value	Language
dc.contributor.advisor	Fazal, Dr.
dc.contributor.author	Amjed Ayyat (P60521)
dc.date.accessioned	2023-10-13T08:10:32Z	-
dc.date.available	2023-10-13T08:10:32Z	-
dc.date.issued	2019-09-05
dc.identifier.other	ukmvital:120666
dc.identifier.uri	https://ptsldigital.ukm.my/jspui/handle/123456789/497785	-
dc.description	A Minimalist approach has been used to analyse passives in many languages but not in standard Arabic. Passives have been problematic in Standard Arabic since there are two possible orders, the unmarked Verb Subject Object (VSO) and the marked Subject Verb Object (SVO). This creates a problem since questions have been asked as to which element has to move in the VSO order to satisfy the Extended Projection Principle (EPP) feature. This thesis aims at describing the syntactic status of A-movement in Arabic, analysing where and how case and agreement are realized during the derivation of the sentence and explicating an adequate analysis to passives. Specifically, it tries to answer the following questions. First, what is the syntactic status of A-movement and its syntactic relation with case and agreement? Second, how and where agreement and case are realized during the derivation of the sentence? Third, what is the adequate analysis that should be proposed to passives in? The data of this thesis have been attained through several well-known Arabic grammar books such as šarH Ibn 3aqil, MuGnii al-labiib 3an Kutub al-a3ariib, šarH šuðuur al- ðahab and Fii ar-rad-i 3ala n-nuHaat. Each sentence has been directly translated into English. The analysis used is descriptive, based on Chomsky`s Minimalist Program which argued that a Voice head should be introduced to the derivation with unvalued passive feature and with the passive infix as its specifier. It is also argued that verbs enters the derivation with their roots and with unvalued passive features. Verbs are claimed to enter in probe-goal syntactic relationship which triggers the verb to move from V to Voice for two reasons, to value its unvalued passive feature and to pick up the passive infix. In a VSO language like Arabic, the verb moves to Tense (T) to satisfy the EPP feature, whereas in an SVO order the verb remains in Voice and the subject moves to Specifier Tense Phrase (TP) to satisfy the EPP feature. The findings show the approach proposed is adequate to the derivation of passives in Standard Arabic.,Ph.D.
dc.language.iso	eng
dc.publisher	UKM, Bangi
dc.relation	Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities / Fakulti Sains Sosial dan Kemanusiaan
dc.rights	UKM
dc.subject	Arabic language -- Syntax
dc.subject	Grammar
dc.subject	Comparative and general -- Syntax
dc.subject	Minimalist theory (Linguistics)
dc.subject	Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia -- Dissertations
dc.subject	Dissertations, Academic -- Malaysia
dc.title	A minimalist approach to passives in standard Arabic
dc.type	Theses
dc.format.pages	231
dc.identifier.callno	PJ6151.A999 2019 tesis
dc.identifier.barcode	004779(2019)
Appears in Collections:	Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities / Fakulti Sains Sosial dan Kemanusiaan

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