This article points out the typological characteristics and the types of relative clauses in classical Arabic; it also examines the relativization process in view of Comrie's (1981) hierarchy to relative clause formation and shows that relative clauses in Arabic follow their head noun in agreement with Greenberg's universals about relative clauses Cross-linguistically. Finally, it shows that Arabic, unlike many other languages, relativizes on all grammatical relations.

Title

Damascus UNIV. Journal- V14- Number(4) 1998

Publisher

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Publisher Country

Palestine

Publication Type

Both (Printed and Online)

Volume

14

Year

1998

Pages

19-54