On the Syntax of Existential Sentences in Najdi Arabic

The existential sentence is a noncanonical type that used crosslinguistically to assert the (non)existence of one or more entities. It consists set syntactic items includes an expletive, pivot, and coda. Two different analyses have been identified in literature for construction. first analysis, standard treats as nonraising counterpart copular sentences. In this both sentences are derived from single underlying structure, which takes pivot subject coda predicate. other nonstandard differently sentence. verb NP its complement, treated adjunct. purpose paper examine status three items, namely, expletive fiih, NP, XP, construction dialect Najdi Arabic (NA). Using I propose pronoun fiih merged Spec, vP, complement selected by verb, adjunct serves either internal external modifier. This work about NA existentials may fruitfully contribute ongoing discussion on syntax constructions. Examining constructions various unrelated languages help obtain better understanding interesting phenomenon, thereby enabling plausible analysis.