Aspect, Tense and Action in the Arabic Dialect of Beirut

Erscheinungsjahr 2015
ISBN: 978-90-04-28753-2
Verlag: Brill

Buch, Englisch, Band 79, 272 Seiten, Format (B × H): 161 mm x 241 mm, Gewicht: 570 g

Reihe: Studies in Semitic Languages and Linguistics

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.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Bruweleit, Stefan

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Sprachwissenschaft Einzelne Sprachen & Sprachfamilien
• Geisteswissenschaften Sprachwissenschaft Grammatik, Syntax, Morphologie
• Geisteswissenschaften Sprachwissenschaft Dialektologie

Über Autor(innen)

Stefan Bruweleit, Ph.D. (2003), University of Cologne, conducts research in the field of Semitic studies with a focus on Arabic and Aramaic.