This study investigates the syntax of qulk-clauses in Yemeni Ibbi Arabic (YIA) within the Minimalist Program. The construction qulk-clause, a morphologically fused form meaning 'I said,' introduces embedded declarative interrogative, and imperative clauses, often eithout complementizer. The central proposal of this paper is that qulk-clauses are biclausal structures in which qulk functions a clause-embedding predicate sec;ecting a dull CP complement. By applying core minimalist operations, viz., Merge, Move, Agree, and Spell-out, the study provides a layered syntactic analysis of qulk-clauses, for illustrating how their derivation proceeds through standard computational steps and post-syntactic processes such as Morphological Merger. The proposal also accounts for dialect-specific features like bipartite negation, cliticization, and CP embedding. The findings offer theoretical contributions to generative syntax, specifically minimalism. The study concludes raising theoretical questions concerning extending the analysis to the addressee-clause kil-k 'you said'. It also provides insights into the possibility of the universality of minimalism.

翻译：本研究在最简方案框架下探讨也门伊卜阿拉伯语中qulk-从句的句法结构。qulk-从句是一种形态融合结构，意为"我说"，可引导嵌入的陈述句、疑问句和祈使句，通常不带标句词。本文的核心主张是：qulk-从句为双分句结构，其中qulk作为分句嵌入谓词，选择完整的CP补足语。通过运用最简方案的核心操作（即合并、移位、一致和拼读），本研究对qulk-从句进行了分层句法分析，阐明其推导如何通过标准计算步骤及形态合并等句法后处理过程实现。该分析方案同时解释了方言特有的二分否定、附着化及CP嵌入等特征。研究结果为生成句法理论（特别是最简方案）提供了理论贡献。研究最后提出将分析扩展至受话者从句kil-k（"你说"）所引发的理论问题，并对最简方案的普遍性可能提供了新的见解。