| Author(s) | Abdul-Hafeed Ali Fakih |
| Affiliation | Assistant Professor of Linguistics, Department of English, Faculty of Arts, University of Ibb, Yemen |
| Title | Licensing, Movement and Feature Checking |
| Source | Journal of King Saud University. Arts. Volume 19, No 2. (2007/1427) |
| Abstract | This paper attempts to explore the Theory of Feature Checking in minimalism and show how it works in the morpho-syntactic analysis of Arabic. It examines how Chomsky’s minimalist distinctions among features (such as, categorical features, case-features and phi-features) function in Arabic and English and points out the differences between both languages in terms of [± Interpretable]. Besides, it tries to point out the parametric differences between Arabic and English on the basis of the strength/weakness of their TNS and AGR features. It also illustrates how features of the verb and the subject NP in Arabic are checked in overt/covert syntax. |
