A Novel, Combined Approach to Semitic Word-Formation
This paper examines the way in which constraints on root and template size in Semitic have been formalized in the literature since McCarthy (1979). It identifies three approaches: McCarthy's double-tier approach, where the sizes of both template and root are arbitrary; Ussishkin's (1999) a...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Oxford University Press
[2015]
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Journal of Semitic studies
Year: 2015, Volume: 60, Issue: 2, Pages: 287-316 |
| RelBib Classification: | KBL Near East and North Africa |
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| Summary: | This paper examines the way in which constraints on root and template size in Semitic have been formalized in the literature since McCarthy (1979). It identifies three approaches: McCarthy's double-tier approach, where the sizes of both template and root are arbitrary; Ussishkin's (1999) and Bat El's (2003) strictly-vocalic approach, where the template is reduced to its vowels; and the less known root-first approach of Goldenberg (1994), where vocalization is determined by the number of root consonants. The paper points to the problems of each approach and proposes a new, combined approach which solves these problems, by assuming that the template applies to the root, not to the verb. This approach is shown to be successful in the analysis of three test cases from Modern Hebrew: 1) reduplicative verbs; 2) the range of forms based on biradicals; and 3) the exceptionality of the Qal participle. |
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| ISSN: | 1477-8556 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Journal of Semitic studies
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1093/jss/fgv001 |