From embedded propositions to complex predicates
- 1 November 2022
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Walter de Gruyter GmbH in STUF - Language Typology and Universals
- Vol. 75 (4), 643-684
- https://doi.org/10.1515/stuf-2022-1066
Abstract
This article examines verbal sequences in Arabic dialects which can correspond either to complex sentences with embedded clauses or to complex predicates with reduction of one or the other verb. The first part is devoted to complex sentences where completives and subordinates of purpose and consequence are introduced by a marker that is generally specific, but sometimes polyfunctional. The second part explores embedding without a subordinator (with distinct or identical subjects), as well as with cases of complex predicates, sometimes with reduction of V1 (cases of auxiliarization and pragmatization), sometimes of V2 (rare cases of serial verbs).Keywords
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