Imperative as Root Infinitive Analogue in Yemeni Ibbi Arabic: Two Case Studies

Autor/inn/en	Qasem, Fawaz; Sircar, Shruti
Titel	Imperative as Root Infinitive Analogue in Yemeni Ibbi Arabic: Two Case Studies
Quelle	In: Arab Journal of Applied Linguistics, 2 (2017) 1, S.1-19 (19 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	2490-4198
Schlagwörter	Semitic Languages; Language Acquisition; Language Classification; Sentence Structure; Speech Communication; Toddlers; Morphemes; Verbs; Grammar; Language Universals; Foreign Countries; Yemen + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Arabisch; Hebräisch; Sprachaneignung; Spracherwerb; Sprachtypologie; Satzbau; Satzstruktur; Infant; Infants; Toddler; Kleinkind; Morphem; Grammatik; Ausland; Jemen
Abstract	The paper shows that children acquiring Yemeni Ibbi Arabic4 (henceforth referred to as YIA) go through a stage equivalent to the Root Infinitive (RI) stage found in non-null subject languages in spite of the fact that YIA is a null subject and does not have an infinitive construction. Spontaneous speech of two YIA children (2;1-2;11) showed presence of verbal inflections in 85-90% contexts. However, in a few cases, imperative forms occur in place of tensed forms, and indicate modal irrealis interpretation. We argue that the imperative form is therefore a Root Infinitive Analogue (RIA). The paper also provides evidence for a universal tendency to use non-finite forms in early stages of language development. (As Provided).
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