Curriculum Vitae

DR. MOHAMMED ADAM MOHAMMED TAHA

Lecturer

Department of Arabic Language and Middle Eastern Languages
Faculty of Languages and Linguistics

mohd.taha@um.edu.my

0379677022

BIOGRAPHY

My main interest is in Syntax, the way in which words are put together to creat structures. Syntax has connection with other feilds of language, including meaning, sound structure, word structure as well as language use. My research interest includes Syntactic Theory, Interfaces in Syntax (with Morphology and Semantics) and Sociosyntax (the variation of syntactic structures due to social factors).

AREAS OF EXPERTISE

GENERATIVE SYNATX, LANGUAGE ACQUISITION AND LINGUISTIC THEORY

ACADEMIC QUALIFICATION

PHD (LINGUISTICS), (Linguistics)
Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM)
MSC (LINGUISTICS), (Linguistics)
Universiti Malaya (UM)
B.ED (ENGLISH LANGUAGE AND ARABIC LANGUAGE), (ENGLISH LANGUAGE AND ARABIC LANGUAGE)
Omdurman Islamic University

PUBLICATIONS

Article in Journal

WoS

Al-Qumairi, S., Taha, M., & Arifin, A. (2020). The syntax of possessive-de in Mehri. Lingua, 244, 14. doi: 10.1016/j.lingua.2020.102910

Others

Taha, M., & Mohammed Sultan, F. M. (2022). Defining Unaccusatives in Sudanese Arabic. Southeastern Philippines Journal of Research and Development, 27(1), 1-20.
Sultan, F. M. M., Taha, M. A. M., & Al-Qumairi, S. (2018). The Syntax of Applicative Constructions in Spoken Sudanese Arabic. 3L: Language, Linguistics, Literature , 24(2).
Taha, M., Sultan, F. M., & Yasin, S. M. (2017). The Morphosyntax of Causative Construction in Sudanese Arabic. Pertanika Journal of Social Sciences & Humanities, 25(2).
Taha, M., Sultan, F. M., & Yasin, S. M. (2016). Wh-Movement in Sudanese Arabic: A Minimalist Approach. Pertanika Journal of Social Sciences & Humanities, 24(4), 1611 - 1626
Taha, M., Sultan, M. F. B. M., & Subakir, M. (2016). UNERGATIVES IN SUDANESE ARABIC: A MINIMLAIST APPROACH. Journal of Education and Social Sciences, Vol. 4(6) 382 - 387

RESEARCH INTEREST

Syntactic Theory (Generative grammar)
Interfaces in Syntax (The connection of syntax with morphology and semantics)
The structure of endangered languages (Grammar of less used languages)
Sociosyntax (how syntactic structures vary due to social factors)

SUPERVISION

Postgraduate Student

PhD/ Doctoral

(2024) THE SYNTAX OF SENTENCE PARTICLES IN CHANGE DIALECT: A MINIMALIST PROGRAM, XU RONG (National University of Malaysia (UKM))
(2024) THE SYNTAX OF ASPECTS IN THE SICHUAN DIALECT: A MINIMALIST APPROACH, LIAO BIN (National University of Malaysia (UKM))
(2024) SMALL CLAUSES IN ENGLISH: A MINIMALIST APPROACH, YU FENGZHU (National University of Malaysia (UKM))

Master

(2023) Language Attitudes towards China English among Chinese Students in China and Malaysia, YANG YUNNA
(2023) Factors Influencing English Language Anxiety among Malaysian Undergraduates, NURARDINEE AQMA BINTI MOHAMAD QUSHAIRI