UNIFIED THEORY OF POLAR SENSITIV OSCS P

This book examines polarity sensitivity - a ubiquitous phenomenon involving expressions such as anybody, nobody, ever, never, somebody and their counterparts in other languages. In this book, Ahmad Alqassas proposes a unified approach by examining the interaction between the various types of polarity sensitivity. Drawing on data from Standard Arabic and the major regional dialects represented by Jordanian, Egyptian, Moroccan, and Qatari, the book provides a new perspective on the syntax-semantic interface and develops a unified syntactic analysis for polarity sensitivity.

Ahmad Alqassas is Associate Professor of Arabic Linguistics at Georgetown University. He is the author of A Multi-locus Analysis of Arabic Negation and his research interests include comparative syntax, syntactic theory, and Arabic linguistics.

Acknowledgments
List of abbreviations
Chapter 1 Issues in the Syntax of Polarity Sensitive Items
Chapter 2 Classification of PSIs and Their Lexical Categories
Chapter 3 Licensing Negative Polarity Items
Chapter 4 Licensing Negative Concord Items
Chapter 5 PSIs with Head-Like Properties
Chapter 6 Summary and Conclusions
Bibliography
Index