On the Syntax of<i>ʔanna</i>and<i>ʔan</i>in Modern Standard Arabic: A Phase-based Approach

Alsager, Haroon Nasser; Mahzari, Mohammad

doi:10.1080/00437956.2021.1909842

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“…Examining the SA literature in more depth, this phenomenon exhibits two primary word order alternations, namely SVO and VSO (Mohammed, 1991(Mohammed, , 2000Fassi-Fehri, 1993;Soltan, 2007;Alsager, 2017Alsager, , 2020Alsager & Mahzari, 2021;Fakih, 2014bFakih, , 2015Fakih, , 2016. In terms of agreement, these changes form an asymmetry that is referred to as subject-verb agreement asymmetry.…”

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Argument Structure and Word Order in Saudi Sign Language

Altamimi

Alsager

2023

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This study focuses on the description of argument structure and word order in Saudi Sign language (SSL). The nature of the syntactic level of the grammar of SSL is clarified. Since word order is often considered the most important part of grammar, this study details the various options that are available for the major constituents (Subject, Verb, and Object) in SSL independent of any connection to spoken Arabic syntax. In SSL, like in other languages, the nature of the arguments (Subject, Object) and the kind of verb can impact the word order. To investigate word order in SSL, which is based on Chomsky’s (1995) Minimalist Program (MP), data were collected through derivation of data from narratives (semi-naturalistic-corpus) and an experiment (picture-description task). This research involved a sample of 10 deaf signing participants who are all fluent in SSL. All the participants have lived in Saudi Arabia for at least 10 years. Results indicate that the SSL is as any natural language and from the spoken language in Saudi Arabia. The most common word order in declaratives and the basic constituent order in SSL is SVO. As in virtually all sign languages, Wh-elements in SSL occur at the end of the clause. According to research on the interaction between word order and grammatical use of facial expressions and head locations (nonmanual marking), nonmanual markings have pragmatic purposes and may have syntactic functions.

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Argument Structure and Word Order in Saudi Sign Language

Altamimi

Alsager

2023

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“…The structure of an Adjective Phrase differs among different languages. For example, the Adjective Phrase Structure in English is different from it in Arabic (Alsager, 2017(Alsager, , 2020Alsager, & Mahzari, 2021). Therefore, the following part mainly focuses on discussing the Adjective Phrase Structure in English and Arabic since this research paper aims to investigate the function of UG in second language acquisition in the Adjective Phrase Structure by Arabic native speakers in Saudi Arabia learning English.…”

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The Role of Universal Grammar in Second Language: English Adjective Phrase by Saudi Learners

E. Alanazi,

Nasser Alsager

2023

SSRN Journal

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“…In English, when a demonstrative is used as a determiner, it precedes the head. On the other hand, it precedes or follows the head in Arabic ( Al Aubali, 2015 ; Alsager, 2017 , 2020 ; Alsager and Mahzari, 2021 ). For example:…”

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Acquisition of L2 English spatial deixes by Arabic-speaking children

Alothman

Alsager

2022

Front. Psychol.

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Deictic words are considered the earliest words which children acquire at the stage of two-word-utterance. However, mastering them like adults may take more time. This paper investigates how L2 children comprehend and produce English spatial deixis ‘here’, ‘there’, ‘this’, and ‘that’ by observing and documenting their responses and reactions in hide-and-seek game. It also aims to find out the children’s obstacles in acquiring these words, such as proximity bias and egocentrism. The subjects are Arabic children of ages four, five, and six who acquire English as a second language in international schools in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. They performed two types of tasks: comprehension task and production task. Both tasks contained two trials: same perspective and the different perspective. Based on the results, children did better in comprehending the spatial deixis than in producing them. Moreover, the results showed that there was no proximity bias happened with children in this study. In addition, the results of the two trials in both tasks illustrated that changing the deictic center improves with age. Although the study provides some significant results, there should be an increase in the number of the samples in order to make the results generalized.

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On the Syntax ofʔannaandʔanin Modern Standard Arabic: A Phase-based Approach

Cited by 4 publications

References 9 publications

Argument Structure and Word Order in Saudi Sign Language

Argument Structure and Word Order in Saudi Sign Language

The Role of Universal Grammar in Second Language: English Adjective Phrase by Saudi Learners

Acquisition of L2 English spatial deixes by Arabic-speaking children

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