Passive formation in Palestinian and Standard Arabic: Lexical vs. syntactic operations

Author： Laks Lior  

Publisher： Edinburgh University Press

ISSN： 1755-2036

Source： Word Structure, Vol.6, Iss.2, 2013-10, pp. : 156-180

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Abstract

This study compares the formation of passive verbs in Modern Standard Arabic and Palestinian Arabic. It examines the morphological differences between the two types of verb formation, arguing that they result from the component of the grammar where passivization takes place, the lexicon and the syntax. It addition, the paper examines gaps in passive formation in Palestinian Arabic showing that these gaps are not always accidental but can be explained by morphological criteria and can be accounted for only in a word based view.

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