The Syntax of Nominal Appositions in Modern Standard Arabic

The current paper argues that there are three types of nominal appositions, i.e. two juxtaposed noun phrases (NPs), in Modern Standard Arabic (MSA). Each type shows special properties terms the category units, deletion NP, word order, case agreement, and semantic relation. For each type, we propose a separate structural analysis. An adjunction analysis is motivated for Type I appositions which consist common followed by proper name. II involve nouns, they take spec-head structure. A head-complement structure finally proposed III pronoun an accusative-marked NP.