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The "broken" plural problem in Arabic and comparative Semitic : allomorphy and analogy in non-concatenative morphology /

The formal aspects of non-concatenative morphology have received considerable attention in recent years, but the diachronic dimensions of such systems have been little explored. The current work applies a modern methodological and theoretical framework to a classic problem in Arabic and Semitic hist...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Ratcliffe, Robert R.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : John Benjamins Publishing Company, 1998.
Colección:Amsterdam studies in the theory and history of linguistic science. Current issues in linguistic theory ; v. 168.
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Sumario:The formal aspects of non-concatenative morphology have received considerable attention in recent years, but the diachronic dimensions of such systems have been little explored. The current work applies a modern methodological and theoretical framework to a classic problem in Arabic and Semitic historical linguistics: the highly allomorphic system of 'stem-internal' or 'broken' plurals. It shows that widely-accepted views regarding the historical development of this system are untenable and offers a new hypothesis. The first chapter lays out a methodology for comparative-historical resear.
Notas:Revision of the first volume of the author's dissertation (doctoral--Yale University).
Descripción Física:1 online resource (xi, 261 pages)
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references (pages 245-254) and index.
ISBN:9789027275646
9027275645