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The Particle Qad in Arabic

Is It a Syntactic Filler?

In: Brill's Journal of Afroasiatic Languages and Linguistics
Author:
Maher Bahloul American University of Sharjah mbahloul@aus.edu

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Online Publication Date:
01 Jan 2016
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This paper examines the function of the verbal particle qad in Standard Arabic, and makes use of a written corpus to explain its use and frequency. Unlike analyses which argue for its syntactic filling and/or optional properties, the paper proposes an analysis whereby the verbal particle qad is shown to exhibit a modal function in written discourse. Thus, Assertive Modality is shown to be inherent to the use of the verbal particle qad, a discourse function which does not exclude previous temporal and aspectual interpretations.

Title:
The Particle Qad in Arabic
Article Type:
Research Article
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1163/18776930-00802005
Language:
English
Pages:
261–285
Keywords:
Arabic verbs; verbal particles; qad; modality; assertive modality
In:
Brill's Journal of Afroasiatic Languages and Linguistics
In:
Volume 8: Issue 2
Publisher:
Brill
E-ISSN:
1877-6930
Print ISSN:
1876-6633
Subjects:
Afro-Asiatic Languages, Languages and Linguistics

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