Themes in Arabic and Hebrew Syntax

This collection spans diverse themes in the syntax of Arabic, Modern Arabic dialects and Hebrew. The original contributors are written by specialists with an eye to both broad theoretical and conceptual issues as well as empirical detail. Among the topics discussed in this collection are VSO and SVO, cliticization and agreement, questions and the syntax of wh-movement, cognate objects, adjectival construct state, though construction, gapping, causatives, the syntax of negation and the semantics of the nominal sentence. It is one of the only collections to target theoretical linguists and specialists in Semitic language alike.