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Peer reviewedSuleiman, Saleh M. – Language Sciences, 1990
Object deletion in Classical Arabic is semantically marked on two levels: ( 1) dropping the object deliberately but functionally; and (2) emptying the object slot and focusing on the verbal action. The second level of object deletion stresses the verbal action. (20 references) (GLR)
Descriptors: Discourse Analysis, English, Function Words, Semantics
