Right dislocation as ellipsis: The Copula kān in Jordanian Arabic

This study investigates the syntactic phenomenon of verbal right dislocation of the copula kān (be PAST) in Jordanian Arabic. Based on Kayne’s Axiom, phrasal categories (XPs) across languages are moved to the left periphery while any movement toward the right periphery must be perceived ‘anti-s...

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Main Authors: Tariq Farghal, Nisreen Al-Khawaldeh, Yazan Al-Mahameed
Format: Article
Language:en
Published: Penerbit Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 2025
Online Access:http://journalarticle.ukm.my/26058/1/Gema_25_2_3.pdf
http://journalarticle.ukm.my/26058/
https://ejournal.ukm.my/gema/issue/view/1824
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