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<p>The purpose of this study is to discuss the morphosyntax of ordinal numerals in Jordanian Arabic (JA). I show that ordinal numerals in JA do not belong to a uniform category and argue that they show different syntactic and morphological behaviours depending on their structural position inside the extended nominal projection. In particular, I argue that pre-nominal ordinals are QPs that can merge inside or outside the DP, similar to the quantifier <italic>kull</italic> (Shlonsky, 1991; Benmamoun, 1999). On the other hand, I show that post-nominal ordinals are adjectives that merge inside the extended nominal projection (Corbett, 2004; Fassi-Fehri, 2018), similar to adnominal adjectives in JA. The findings of this study show that ordinals might belong to distinct syntactic categories within the same language depending on their structural position.</p>
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The purpose of this study is to discuss the morphosyntax of ordinal numerals in Jordanian Arabic (JA). I show that ordinal numerals in JA do not belong to a uniform category and argue that they show different syntactic and morphological behaviours depending on their structural position inside the extended nominal projection. In particular, I argue that pre-nominal ordinals are QPs that can merge inside or outside the DP, similar to the quantifier kull (Shlonsky, 1991; Benmamoun, 1999). On the other hand, I show that post-nominal ordinals are adjectives that merge inside the extended nominal projection (Corbett, 2004; Fassi-Fehri, 2018), similar to adnominal adjectives in JA. The findings of this study show that ordinals might belong to distinct syntactic categories within the same language depending on their structural position.

Ordinal numerals in Jordanian Arabic: A morphosyntactic investigation

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The purpose of this study is to discuss the morphosyntax of ordinal numerals in Jordanian Arabic (JA). I show that ordinal numerals in JA do not belong to a...

Ordinal numerals in Jordanian Arabic: A morphosyntactic investigation

Publié en ligne: 28 juin 2023

Pages: 82 - 93

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/topling-2023-0006

Mots clés
Jordanian Arabic, determiner phrase, ordinals, adjectives, quantifiers, numerals

© 2023 Mohammad Alhailawani, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

Ordinal numerals in Jordanian Arabic: A morphosyntactic investigation

Publié en ligne: 28 juin 2023

Pages: 82 - 93

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/topling-2023-0006

Mots clésJordanian Arabic, determiner phrase, ordinals, adjectives, quantifiers, numerals

© 2023 Mohammad Alhailawani, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

Mots clés
Jordanian Arabic, determiner phrase, ordinals, adjectives, quantifiers, numerals