The Syntactic Factors Affecting the Arabic Aspectual Verbs in Al- Tayeb Saleh’s novel “Season of Migration to the North”

Abstract

This study aims at investigating the classification of aspectual verbs in Arabic. The study will investigate the syntactic factors that affect the distribution of Arabic verbs into the four universal aspectual classes as proposed In Vendler’s(1967)  literature. First, it will shed light on the four types of Arabic aspectual verbs. Then, it will investigate the basic ontological features which are considered the cornerstone for any semantic classification of verbs. The study will be limited to the syntactic elements that are heavily influence the identification and classification of Arabic aspectual verbs.