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- Title
The Morphosyntax of Objects to Participles in the Qurʾān.
- Authors
van Putten, Marijn
- Abstract
This paper examines how Quranic text treats the construction of a participle in predicative position when it is followed by a direct object. While the medieval grammarians typically say that the participle may be either followed by the object in the accusative or form a construct phrase with it regardless of the definiteness of the object, close examination of the behaviour of participles in predicative positions in the Quranic text shows that a clear correlation presents itself. Indefinite objects are marked with the accusative, whereas definite objects are formed through a genitive construction. This thus means that the linguistic register of the Qurʾān, different from other forms of Classical Arabic, represents a kind of differential object marking on the objects of predicative participles, differentiating between indefinite and definite objects.
- Subjects
QUR'AN; PARTICIPLE phrases (Grammar); MORPHOSYNTAX; ARABIC language; DEFINITENESS (Linguistics)
- Publication
Journal of Semitic Studies, 2024, Vol 69, Issue 1, p305
- ISSN
0022-4480
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1093/jss/fgad029