The Morphophonological Development of the Classical Aramaic Verb

Joseph L. Malone

Published by Penn State University Press 2019

The Morphophonological Development of the Classical Aramaic Verb

Joseph L. Malone

Volume 13 in the series Linguistic Studies in Ancient West Semitic

https://doi.org/10.1515/9781646020171

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This book offers a diachronic and synchronic account of the verb morphology and phonology of Aramaic from its initial appearance early in the first millennium B.C.E. until the second millennium C.E.

Aramaic, a subfamily of Semitic, is closely related to Hebrew and the other Canaanite languages; together, the two subfamilies of Aramaic and Canaanite constitute the northwest branch of the Semitic phylum. In this study, Joseph L. Malone focuses on thirteen dialects of Aramaic, chosen from a candidate list of approximately twice that number. The specific varieties of Aramaic examined here are chosen to provide an optimal chronological and geographical range. In a similar vein, the finite verb serves as the subject of this study, based on the assumption that a thorough treatment of the verb will asymptomatically involve most of the patterns and processes that hold for the grammar as a whole. The tools of this study are drawn from standard generative linguistics, though care is taken to explicate these in more traditional terms where it is deemed necessary.

This book is essential reading for linguists who study the Semitic language families, and in particular those interested in Northwest Semitic languages.

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Malone Joseph L. :

Joseph L. Malone is Professor Emeritus of Linguistics at Barnard College and Columbia University. In addition to many articles and essays, he is the author of Tiberian Hebrew Phonology, also published by Eisenbrauns.

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Linguistic Studies in Ancient West Semitic Cynthia L. Miller-Naudé and Jacobus A. Naudé Publicly Available Download PDF	ii
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	vi
0. Introduction Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
Part One Patterns and Processes
1. System of Verb Stems Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	11
2. System of Verb Affixes Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	20
3. Geminate Formation (gmf) Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	44
4. Stress and Processes of Syllabic Mutation Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	62
5. Spirantization (spr) and Reocclusion (reo) Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	82
6. Hollow-Geminate Rapprochement (hgr) and Hollow-Geminate Neutralization (hgn) Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	92
7. Suffixal n(n) Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	122
8. Condensation (cnd) of Vowel-Glide-Vowel Sequences (V Γ V) Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	143
9. Gutturals Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	156
10. Reflexive Mediopassive (rmp) T Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	190
11. Coalescent Processes Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	197
12. Attenuation Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	211
13. Vowel Copy Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	224
14. Promotion (prm) and y-Monophthongization (ymn) Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	230
15. Transparentation Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	244
16. Syncretism (syn) Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	281
17. Other Processes Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	311
Part Two Genealogy and Dialectology
18. Family Tree Theory, Wave Theory, and Reconstruction Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	435
19. Aramaic Dialect Relations Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	453
Part Three Appendixes and Supplemental Matters
20. Phonetic Systems Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	483
21. Orthography Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	497
22. Traditions of Pronunciation Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	521
23. The Generative-Phonological Perspective Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	533
Part Four Indexes
24. Aramaic Verb Forms Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	553
25. Technical Terms Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	641
26. Abbreviations and Symbols Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	662
27. Bibliographical References Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	669

Language: English
Publisher: Penn State University Press
Audience: Professional and scholarly;
Pages
- Main content: 688
Keywords: Aramaic; Semitic; linguistic change; stammbaum model

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Published: May 4, 2020
ISBN: 9781646020171