Inversion In Modern Standard English And Modern Standard Arabic

Nayif  Hassan, Abidali; Jundi  Ali, Ahmed

	Inversion In Modern Standard English And Modern Standard Arabic
journal of Human Sciences
Article 1, Volume 1, Issue 22, 2018, Pages 11-22
Authors
Abidali Nayif Hassan; Ahmed Jundi Ali
Abstract
In this paper, an attempt is made to investigate the inverted constructions in Modern Standard English and modern standard Arabic. inversion is defined by Crystal , (1998 : 203) as " the process or result of syntactic change in which a specific sequence of constituents is seen as the reverse of another " : In both of English and Arabic , inversion is illustrated respectively as follows : Only if it rains will the picnic be cancelled ( Azar , 1986 : 334 ) فَأَمَا اليَتيمَ فَلا تَقْهَرْ ( الضحى : 9 ) Therefore, treat not the orphan with oppression. ( Ad-Duha : 9 ) Evidence shows that the comparison between inversion in both language has not been adequately don. Accordingly, it is hoped that such constructions will be thoroughly investigated in this study. The present study aims at : 1. Investigating inversion in Modern Standard English as far as grammar is concerned. 2. Investigating the inverted constructions in Modern Standard Arabic. 3. Holding a comparison of such constructions in both languages. 4. Formulating suggestions that may be of value in recognizing and employing such constructions and identifying related topics as further studies. This study hypothesizes that inversion in Modern Standard English and Modern Standard Arabic is governed by specific grammatical rules, and that the employment of inversion in English syntactically differs from its employment in Arabic. The study aims at providing an adequate account, as far as possible, of inversion in both languages depending on the literature available in both languages. It is divided into four sections. The first section is an introduction whereas the second focuses on inversion in that inversion in Modern Standard English. The third section studies certain syntactic construction in Modern Standard Arabic in which inversion take place. Section four summarizes the main finding and suggestions of this study. Finally, it is hoped that inversion such constructions will be of due significance in the recognition and production of inverted constructions in both languages. Section Two : Inversion in Modern Standard English. English has strict rules whereby words are pattered to form grammatical sentences. In this sense Thakur ( 1997 : 88 ) states that " English relies heavily on word order and word – class membership as the markers of syntactic relationships between the word in a sentence ". Nevertheless, word order can be reversed depending on certain restrictions governed by rules to form a phenomenon known as " inversion ".

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