Verb-Stranding VP Ellipsis in Najdi Arabic

Authors

  • Raneem Alsaud Department of English Language & Literature, College of Languages and Humanities, Qassim University, Buraydah, Saudi Arabia
  • Yasser Albaty Department of English Language & Literature, College of Languages and Humanities, Qassim University, Buraydah, Saudi Arabia

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.32996/ijllt.2025.8.5.6

Keywords:

VP ellipsis, verb stranding, Arabic syntax, V-to-T movement, inflectional heads

Abstract

The main goal of this paper is to establish that Najdi Arabic (NA, henceforth) has the property of verb-stranding VP ellipsis. This claim is cross linguistically contingent on V-to-T movement.  Four diagnostics of verb-stranding VP ellipsis have also been examined in NA: licensing of inflectional head, islands insensitivity, sloppy identity interpretation, and antecedent-contained deletion. Together, the outcome supports our claim that NA has verb-stranding VP ellipsis. The paper proposes an account of this construction and provides various arguments against the null object hypothesis.

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Published

2025-05-08

Issue

Vol. 8 No. 5

Section

Research Article

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How to Cite

Alsaud, R., & Albaty, Y. (2025). Verb-Stranding VP Ellipsis in Najdi Arabic. International Journal of Linguistics, Literature and Translation, 8(5), 57-75. https://doi.org/10.32996/ijllt.2025.8.5.6