"Since the early years of generative grammar (Chomsky 1977, inter alia), the phenomenology of dislocation has proved to be a fertile area of research. This, however, has not been the case for Modern Standard Arabic (MSA), and hence this thorough monograph intends to fill this lacuna. Three aspects of this linguistic phenomenon stand out: the taxonomy of possible dislocated configurations, syntax and interpretation. Though, the structure in itself has been extensively studied in various languages, including varieties of spoken Arabic, this monograph shows that MSA presents properties that set it apart from known varieties and cannot be captured by an extension or modification of existing analyses. Moreover, existing analyses are not fully satisfactory as there open analytical questions regarding the interpretation and syntactic analysis of dislocation structures crosslinguistically. Particularly, the optimal path to follow concerning dislocation structures in MSA is to argue for the claim that contrast, quo an information-structural notion, underlies the interpretation of dislocated elements, and these elements are best syntactically analyzed as being involved in a bisentential configuration, contra monoclausal approaches to dislocation. This monograph should be of interest to anyone with an interest in the Arabic language, and also to syntacticians and typologists with an interest in sentence structure"--.

• Arabic Dislocation
• Editorial page
• Title page
• Copyright page
• Dedication page
• Table of contents
• Abbreviations
• Chapter 1. Introduction
  • 1.1 The interplay between word order and information structure
  • 1.2 Dislocation dilemma
  • 1.3 Defining the language under discussion
  • 1.4 Layout of the book
• Chapter 2. Dislocation and clitic resumption in MSA: A new taxonomy
  • 2.1 Left Dislocation
    • 2.1.1 Hanging Topic vs. Clitic Left Dislocation
    • 2.1.2 The current status of Arabic: CLLD vs. HTLD
      • 2.1.2.1 Aoun and Benmamaoun 1998
  • 2.2 Right Dislocation
    • 2.2.1 Clitic Right Dislocation
    • 2.2.2 CLRD in Arabic
  • 2.3 Clitic configurations in Arabic: A new taxonomy
    • 2.3.1 Terminological note
    • 2.3.2 Justifying the taxonomy
      • 2.3.2.1 The left periphery: CLLD I vs. CLLD II
      • 2.3.2.2 The Right periphery: CLRD I vs. CLRD II
    • 2.3.3 Cinque’s (1990): The question of crosslinguistic validity
    • 2.3.4 The proposal
      • 2.3.4.1 A note on connectivity effects
    • 2.3.5 What about islands?
  • 2.4 Conclusion
• Chapter 3. Dislocation and information structure
  • 3.1 The information-structural characterization of left dXPs
    • 3.1.1 Aboutness
    • 3.1.2 Familiarity/givenness
    • 3.1.3 Referentiality
  • 3.2 CLLD I and CLRD I in MSA: The proposal
    • 3.2.1 Question Under Discussion (QUD)
    • 3.2.2 Contrastive topics
      • 3.2.2.1 CLLD I in MSA
    • 3.2.3 Focus constructions
      • 3.2.3.1 Information focus vs. contrastive focus
      • 3.2.3.2 CLRD I in MSA: Contrastive focus
  • 3.3 Atypical topics in the left periphery: Necessary detour
    • 3.3.1 How other languages license atypical topics
      • 3.3.1.1 Romanian
      • 3.3.1.2 Italian
      • 3.3.1.3 Greek
      • 3.3.1.4 Interim conclusion
    • 3.3.2 Contrast and atypical topics in MSA: The proposal
  • 3.4 Conclusion
• Chapter 4. It is a single clause?: The monoclausal analysis
  • 4.1 Introduction
  • 4.2 Clitic Left Dislocation (CLLD I)
    • 4.2.1 Demirdache (1991, 1997): CLLD is derived by LF movement of the clitic
      • 4.2.1.1 Discussion
    • 4.2.2 Cinque (1990): CLLD I is derived by binding chain
      • 4.2.2.1 Discussion
      • 4.2.2.2 Iatridou (1995): Cinque’s paradox
  • 4.3 CLLD I in Arabic
    • 4.3.1 Ouhalla (1997): CLLD I is derived by base-generation
      • 4.3.1.1 Discussion
    • 4.3.2 Aoun and Benmamoun (1998): Two types of CLLD I
      • 4.3.2.1 Discussion
  • 4.4 Clitic Right Dislocation (CLRD)
    • 4.4.1 Kayne (1994): Right Dislocation as LF movement
      • 4.4.1.1 Discussion
    • 4.4.2 TP-external approaches to right dislocation
      • 4.4.2.1 Right dislocation is derived by movement
      • 4.4.2.2 Right dislocation is derived by base-generation
    • 4.4.3 Monoclausal approaches to right dislocation: Reevaluation
      • 4.4.3.1 Base-generation analysis
      • 4.4.3.2 Movement analysis
      • 4.4.3.3 Right dislocation: Remnant movement
  • 4.5 Residual issues: Templatic approach to the left periphery
    • 4.5.1 Rizzi’s (1997) Split cp: Cascade of projections in the left periphery
    • 4.5.2 Shlonsky (2000): Split-cp in Arabic
    • 4.5.3 Problems for the cartography program
  • 4.6 Taking stock
• Chapter 5. It is a double clause indeed!: The biclausal analysis
  • 5.1 Introduction
  • 5.2 Dislocation as clausal ellipsis
    • 5.2.1 Fragments: A type of clausal ellipsis
    • 5.2.2 Fragments in MSA
    • 5.2.3 Specifying coordination
  • 5.3 CLLD I and CLRD I in MSA: A biclausal analysis
    • 5.3.1 Deriving movement properties
      • 5.3.1.1 θ and case properties
      • 5.3.1.2 Reconstruction data
      • 5.3.1.3 Island sensitivity: Loose ends
    • 5.3.2 Deriving base-generation properties
      • 5.3.2.1 A c-command glitch
      • 5.3.2.2 Weak Crossover (WCO) & Parasitic Gaps (PGs)
  • 5.4 The dXP and clitic are not derivationally related
    • 5.4.1 CLLD I and CLRD I in MSA as doubling phenomena
      • 5.4.1.1 CLLD I and CLRD I are not agreement
      • 5.4.1.2 CLLD I and CLRD I are not clitic doubling
    • 5.4.2 CLLD I and CLRD I are not resumption
  • 5.5 Conclusion
• Chapter 6. The elliptical analysis: Miscellaneous issues
  • 6.1 Ellipsis and information structure
  • 6.2 A (very short) note on the prosody of dislocation
  • 6.3 Ellipsis and movement
    • 6.3.1 What licenses ellipsis
    • 6.3.2 Movement and Deletion Approach: MADA
      • 6.3.2.1 Problems for MADA
    • 6.3.3 Evidence for MADA
      • 6.3.3.1 Preposition stranding
      • 6.3.3.2 Islands
    • 6.3.4 The interplay between islands and dislocation
      • 6.3.4.1 Ott and De Vries (2016), De Vries (2013)
      • 6.3.4.2 Arabic dislocation and locality: The proposal
    • 6.3.5 Ellipsis is a phonological phenomenon
  • 6.4 Conclusion
• Chapter 7. Concluding remarks
• Bibliography
• Index