| Author(s) | Abdullah H. Alharbi |
| Affiliation | Associate Professor Dept. of Foreign Language. Faculty of Education. King Abd Alaziz University AI-Madinah AI-Mllnall'lI'arah. Kingdom ofSalldi Arabia |
| Title | The Syntax of Coordinate Constructions |
| Source | Journal of King Saud University. Languages & Translation. Volume 14, No 1. (2002/1422) |
| Abstract | This paper investigates the syntax of coordinate structures and some theoretical analyses describing them within the mainstream of current syntactic theory. In particular, we summarize and weigh up descriptions concerning coordinate structures proposed, in Munn, Kayne, Zoerner, and, in addition to other related issues. We will show how analyses presented, in Kayne, Zoerner, and, for describing coordinate constructions need amendments. We will also show that data from Arabic clearly confirm the description proposed in Munn. Therefore, we propose a modified account that takes into consideration the following points: right node adjunction, subcategorization requirements of individual coordinators and the features encoded in the minor-category. The analysis proposed here accommodates various points concerning the structure of coordination, and the active functional feature that establishes coordinate relationships between conjuncts. Key words: Coordination, &P, coordinator, conjunction, right-node adjunction, LCA-based analysis. |
