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id	eprints-29423
recordtype	eprints
institution	SOAS, University of London
collection	SOAS Research Online
language	English
language_search	English
description	The thesis is a description of some aspects of the syntax of present-day spoken Cairene Arabic, using the transformational- generative model of grammar developed by Noam Chomsky. The Introduction reviews briefly work already done on Egyptian Arabic and describes the grammatical model to be used. The first chapter provides the basic phrase structure rules of the grammar, with a brief explanation of the principal categories and formatives they introduce. Subsequent chapters examine in detail some of the transformations required to produce the surface structure of the language, such as nominalisation of verbs, passivisation, and pronominalisation. Particular attention is paid to transformations involving the verb, and problems of aspect, tense and modality are discussed. The Appendix outlines rules of nominal and verbal concord, and a brief lexicon is included.
format	Theses
author	Wise, Hilary
author_facet	Wise, Hilary
authorStr	Wise, Hilary
author_letter	Wise, Hilary
title	Syntax of the verb phrase of colloquial Egyptian Arabic: A transformational study.
publisher	SOAS University of London
publishDate	1970
url	https://eprints.soas.ac.uk/29423/