An HPSG analysis of Arabic passive

In spite of being a successful syntactic theory in many respects, head-driven phrase structure grammar (HPSG) has inadequate coverage for morphological constructions, especially for nonconcatenative morphology, which is prominent in the Semitic languages such as Arabic, Hebrew etc. Among various syn...

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Main Authors: Bhuyan, M.S.I., Ahmed, R.
Format: Conference Proceeding
Language:English
Subjects:
Arabic Morphology
Computer science
Constraint-based Grammar
Head-driven Phrase Structure Grammar
Helium
Information analysis
Information technology
Morphology
Natural languages
Nonconcatenative Morphology
Packaging
Particle measurements
Passive Construction
Plugs
Writing
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Summary:In spite of being a successful syntactic theory in many respects, head-driven phrase structure grammar (HPSG) has inadequate coverage for morphological constructions, especially for nonconcatenative morphology, which is prominent in the Semitic languages such as Arabic, Hebrew etc. Among various syntactic and semantic phenomenon, passive constructions draws attention of many researchers in theoretical linguistics due to their diversity. Arabic exhibits lexical passives with nonconcatenative morphology. In this paper, we extend the HPSG framework to support the nonconcatenative construction of Arabic passives along with the necessary lexical rules and type hierarchy.
DOI:10.1109/ICCITECHN.2008.4803061