DPs, Phi-features and Tense in the Context of Abyssinian (Eritrean and Ethiopian) Semitic Languages A Window for Further Research

This study discusses DPs, Phi-features and Tense in Abyssinian Semitic languages. DPs and TPs have parallel structures. Their subjects are generated within the projection of lexical categories which move to Spec positions of associated non-lexical categories (Fukui 2006). Aspect is indicated by inse...

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Main Author: Tewolde, Tesfay (auth)
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Language:English
Published: Florence Firenze University Press 2016
Series:Biblioteca di Studi di Filologia Moderna
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