Factivity and subject extraction in Jordanian Arabic

This paper investigates subject extraction from embedded clauses in Jordanian Arabic (JA). Firstly, it shows that JA maintains the division between factive vs. non-factive verbs with respect to (subject) extraction. We argue that non-factive clausal complements are not islands for extraction, and, h...

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Published in:	Lingua Vol. 219; pp. 106 - 126
Main Author:	Jarrah, Marwan
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	Amsterdam Elsevier B.V 01.02.2019 Elsevier Science Ltd
Subjects:	Adjuncts Arabic Arabic language Clauses Complements Embedded constructions Extraction Factivity Grammatical case Grammatical subject Islands Language varieties Subject extraction Terminology Verbs Jordan (country) Arabic Islands Factivity Subject extraction
ISSN:	0024-3841, 1872-6135
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