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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...
| Cote: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Format: | Électronique eBook |
| Langue: | Inglés |
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Amsterdam ; Philadelphia :
John Benjamins Publishing Company,
1998.
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| Collection: | Amsterdam studies in the theory and history of linguistic science. Current issues in linguistic theory ;
v. 168. |
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| Accès en ligne: | Texto completo |
| Résumé: | 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. |
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| Description: | Revision of the first volume of the author's dissertation (doctoral--Yale University). |
| Description matérielle: | 1 online resource (xi, 261 pages) |
| Bibliographie: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 245-254) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9789027275646 9027275645 |