Propose a description based on English negation and the data you observe, it is not necessary to consult previous accounts (observations). -Compare English and Standard Arabic side by side to show that Neg must appear in different positions, including syntactic tree diagrams.

Assignment Question

The research should discuss syntactic facts about Negation in standard Arabic. The. Arabic negation markers are: [maa / laa/ lan/lam/ laysa (agreement)/and ʁair] all of them are included in the attached articles. (If you need Arabic data let me know, just write them in English and I will provide the Arabic equivalents with translation) -Propose a description based on English negation and the data you observe, it is not necessary to consult previous accounts (observations). -Compare English and Standard Arabic side by side to show that Neg must appear in different positions, including syntactic tree diagrams. – What is the source of the treatment of negation in English? -What is the basic order in Standard Arabic? -What is imperfective and perfective verbs in Arabic? -What does it mean if a sentence is verbless in Arabic? Does it mean that there is a copula, but perhaps the copula is phonologically empty? [Why is it relevant what the phonological form of the copula is?] Do we have a convincing argument that the copula is absent when it is not overt? -How can we explain that ‘laysa’ can agree in gender (and possibly other phi-features)? Propose an account in terms of features that agree or complex elements for both tense and phi-/gender-agreement. That should go beyond an observation of the facts. -Does this show constituent (as opposed to clausal) negation? Show the structures in a sentence.

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