The syntax of silent directional prepositions in Jordanian Arabic

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ID20259727
AutoresMohammad Alhailawani (0000-0003-2911-0396, Petra University, autor correspondente)
Ano2023
Volume68
Fascículo2
Páginas229-249
Data de publicação2023-06-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoThe Canadian Journal of Linguistics / La revue canadienne de linguistique (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0008-4131 • E-ISSN: 1710-1115
EditoraCambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1017/cnj.2023.9
OpenAlexW4377241113
IdiomaEN
Referências citadas25

In Jordanian Arabic (JA), the complement of some motion verbs optionally appears without a visible preposition in what is known as (P)reposition-drop (Ioannidou and den Dikken 2009). This article offers a detailed description of P-drop in JA, showing that the common properties of P-drop found in languages with P-drop hold in JA. I argue that Gehrke and Lekakou's (2013) pseudo noun incorporation approach to P-drop cannot account for the P-drop facts in JA. I show, through different diagnostics, that the prepositionless noun in JA does not exhibit the typical properties of pseudo-incorporated nouns. Instead, I argue that P-drop in JA involves a full PP–DP structure with a silent P head (Ioannidou and den Dikken 2009, Myler 2013, Biggs 2014, Bailey 2018). The findings of this article add insights to the ongoing debate regarding the underlying mechanisms involved in P-drop

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