Identifying Arabic compounds other than the Synthetic Genitive Construction
Identifying Arabic compounds other than the Synthetic Genitive Construction
Author(s): Abdel Rahman Mitib AltakhainehSubject(s): Language studies, Language and Literature Studies, Philology
Published by: Akadémiai Kiadó
Keywords: Arabic compounds; construct state; synthetic genitive construction; headedness; reduplication; numerals;
Summary/Abstract: This study examines types of compounds other than the Synthetic Genitive Construction (SGC) in Modern Standard Arabic (MSA) and Jordanian Arabic (JA), discussing the word class of the parts of the compound and identifying the head. The analysis reveals that there are four types of compounds in MSA, and three in JA. The Prep + Prep combination is missing from JA. I also argue that the word class of the parts of the compound of Arabic in general, and of MSA in particular, is not diverse. Regarding the head, I suggest that N + N compounds other than the SGC, Adj + Adj compounds and reduplicated compounds can be either semantically double-headed or headless.
Journal: Acta Linguistica Hungarica (Since 2017 Acta Linguistica Academica)
- Issue Year: 63/2016
- Issue No: 3
- Page Range: 277-298
- Page Count: 22
- Language: English
