Headedness in Arabic Compounds within the Synthetic Genitive Construction

This study aims to pinpoint the position of head in Arabic compounds within the Synthetic Genitive Construction (SGC). It also examines the headedness of these compounds morphologically, syntactically, and semantically. The analysis confirms that compounding in Arabic is predominantly left-headed. T...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Abdel Rahman Mitib Altakhaineh
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SAGE Publishing 2016-10-01
Series:SAGE Open
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1177/2158244016674514