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.

العنوان

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

الناشر

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بلد الناشر

فلسطين

نوع المنشور

Both (Printed and Online)

المجلد

14

السنة

1998

الصفحات

19-54