N-Word Licensing
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 21185459 |
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| Authors | Naima Omari (Université Ibn Zohr, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2019 |
| Volume | 19 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 123-138 |
| Publication date | 2019-01-30 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | International Journal of Arabic-English Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1680-0982 |
| Publisher | The Association of Professors of English and Translation at Arab Universities - APETAU (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.33806/ijaes.19.1.7 |
| OpenAlex | W2995062409 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 4 |
The paper, conducted within the framework of the Minimalist Program (Chomsky 1995), considers aspects of the licensing relation which obtains between Negation (Neg) and N-words in Amazigh. By N-words, I mean elements like ‘ħtta+NP’ (no-one), which are licensed by Neg. The paper shows that the Neg-N-word relation in this language is one of feature checking, with Neg-features present on the N-word requiring to be paired with corresponding features on the functional head Neg prior to Spell-Out in the position they occupy, i.e. base generated in the c-command domain of Neg. It provides further evidence for the analysis of N-words from Moroccan Arabic, one which argues for a different view of feature checking/licensing from that proposed in Chomsky 1995
Arabic · Linguistics · Minimalist program · Natural language processing · Negation · Programming language · Sociology · Spell · Syntax · Computer Science · Historical Linguistics and Language Studies · Language, Linguistics, Cultural Analysis · Mathematics · Natural Language Processing Techniques · Philosophy · semigroups and automata theory · Syntax, Semantics, Linguistic Variation · Artificial Intelligence
| Highly cited | No |
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