| Aspect, Tense and Action in the Arabic Dialect of Beirut Contributor(s): Bruweleit, Stefan (Author) |
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ISBN: 9004287531 ISBN-13: 9789004287532 Publisher: Brill OUR PRICE: $166.25 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: February 2015 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Foreign Language Study | Arabic - Language Arts & Disciplines | Linguistics - Etymology |
| Dewey: 492.77 |
| LCCN: 2014043011 |
| Series: Studies in Semitic Languages and Linguistics |
| Physical Information: 0.8" H x 6.3" W x 9.4" (1.23 lbs) 284 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The linguistic categories of aspect, tense and action are closely interrelated. In the first part of Aspect, Tense and Action in the Arabic dialect of Beirut, Stefan Bruweleit defines the three categories and describes the interplay between them at a metagrammatical level. In the next parts he applies the theoretical findings of the first part to the Arabic dialect of Beirut, investigates the ways temporal, aspectual and actional categories are expressed and shows how to decide whether the verb system of the dialect has to be regarded as aspectual or as temporal. One of the main results of the work is the fact that a thorough understanding of a verb system is only possible through an understanding of the categorial interplay of aspect, tense and action. |