The Structure of Arabic Sentence; Minimalist Approach
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Minimalist Program, Economy, Derivation, Numeration, AgreementAbstract
In this scientific paper, we will discuss the minimalist program proposed by Chomsky in 1993, as a program and not a theory that seeks simplicity, and stems from the idea that the faculty of language is perfect, and aims to develop an optimal design for it.
In the first part of the research we will present a brief survey of the principles of the minimalist program with an explanation of their goals, and in the second part we will discuss the derivation of the Arabic sentence, starting from numeration to spell-out, where unnecessary steps were removed, and economy was adopted in all stages. We will show that the minimalist program led to an unprecedented kind of clarity in generation and simplify in the formulation of universal grammar, due to the fact that it depends on the binary merge of components, and the hierarchical tree that is presented from the bottom up, unlike previous theories.
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Romanization of Arabic Bibliography
Al-Rahali, M. (2003). Tarkib al-lugha al-'arabiyya: Muqaraba nazariya jadida [The structure of the Arabic language: A new theoretical approach]. Casablanca: Dar Toubkal Publishing
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