The T-Stems in Soqotri : : A Contribution to Semitic Detransitivising Derivation.

• Superior document: Studies in Semitic Languages and Linguistics Series ; v.113
• Author: Bulakh, Maria.
• Place / Publishing House: Boston : : BRILL,, 2024.; ©2024.
• Year of Publication: 2024
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Language: English
• Series: Studies in Semitic Languages and Linguistics Series
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (260 pages)

This book is an investigation of the detransitivising verbal derivation in Soqotri, a Semitic language spoken on the island of Soqotra (Arabian Sea). It focuses on the T-stems as one of the main derivational means of detransitivisation in Soqotri.

Table of Contents

Front Cover -- ‎Half-Title Page -- ‎Series Title Page -- ‎Title Page -- ‎Copyright Page -- ‎Contents -- ‎Preface -- ‎Tables -- ‎Abbreviations -- ‎Chapter 1. Introduction -- ‎1.1. The Soqotri Language -- ‎1.2. The Verbal System of Soqotri -- ‎1.2.1. Verbal Derivation: The System of Verbal Stems -- ‎1.2.2. Conjugations -- ‎1.2.3. Types of Roots -- ‎Chapter 2. The Morphology of T-Stems -- ‎2.1. Strong Verbs of VIII and VI -- ‎2.1.1. The Perfect of VIII and VI -- ‎2.1.2. The Imperfect of VIII -- ‎2.1.3. The Imperfect of VI -- ‎2.1.4. The Jussive of VIII and VI -- ‎2.1.5. The "Old Imperative" and the Conditional Mood of VIII and VI -- ‎2.1.6. Verbal Noun -- ‎2.2. Strong Verbs of VII -- ‎2.2.1. The Perfect -- ‎2.2.2. The Imperfect -- ‎2.2.3. The Jussive -- ‎2.2.4. The "Old Imperative" and the Conditional Mood -- ‎2.3. Phonologically Motivated Variations -- ‎2.3.1. Vowel Lowering in a Closed Syllable with a Pharyngeal Coda -- ‎2.3.2. Vocalic Assimilation across a Guttural -- ‎2.3.3. Vowel Lowering after a Pharyngeal -- ‎2.3.4. Vowel Lowering in the Vicinity of an Emphatic -- ‎2.3.5. Interaction between the Infix -t- and the Root Consonants -- ‎2.4. Conjugational Subtypes Motivated by the Consonantal Set of the Root -- ‎2.4.1. Verbs with the Second "Idle Glottis" Consonant (C1©C3) -- ‎2.4.2. Verbs with Root-Initial ʔ and t -- ‎2.4.3. Geminated Verbs (Type C1C2C2) -- ‎2.4.3.1. Stem VIII of Geminated Verbs -- ‎2.4.3.2. Stem VI of Geminated Verbs -- ‎2.4.3.3. The Geminated Verb of Stem VII -- ‎2.4.4. Hollow Verbs of the T-Stem -- ‎2.4.5. C1C2y Type -- ‎2.4.6. "Doubly Weak" Verbs -- ‎2.4.6.1. Second "Idle Glottis" Consonant and the Final y (C1©y) -- ‎2.4.6.2. Initial ʔ and Final y (ʔC2y) -- ‎2.4.6.3. A Verb with an Initial t, Root-Medial t and Final ʔ -- ‎2.4.6.4. Roots with C2=ʔ and C3=y -- ‎2.5. Irregular Verbs.

‎2.5.1. The Special Paradigm of ʔeṣṭóme 'to Be Curious' -- ‎2.5.2. The Special Paradigm of the Verb štəne 'to Be Planted -- to Get Stuck' -- ‎2.6. Biconsonantal Roots in the T-Stem -- ‎Chapter 3. The Diachronic Dimension of the T-Stems -- ‎3.1. Strong Roots -- ‎3.1.1. The Perfect of VIII and VI -- ‎3.1.2. The Imperfect of VIII and VI -- ‎3.1.3. The Jussive of VIII -- ‎3.1.4. Conclusions -- ‎3.2. The Diachronic Dimension of T-Stems of Geminated Verbs -- ‎3.2.1. The Perfect -- ‎3.2.1.1. The Perfect of VIII -- ‎3.2.1.2. The Perfect of VI -- ‎3.2.2. The Imperfect -- ‎3.2.2.1. The Imperfect of VIII -- ‎3.2.2.2. The Imperfect of VI -- ‎3.2.3. The Jussive -- ‎3.2.3.1. The Jussive of VIII -- ‎3.2.3.2. The Jussive of VI -- ‎3.2.4. Conclusions -- ‎3.3. The Diachronic Dimension of Hollow Verbs -- ‎3.3.1. The Perfect -- ‎3.3.2. The Imperfect -- ‎3.3.3. The Jussive -- ‎3.3.4. Conclusions -- ‎3.4. The Diachronic Dimension of C1C2y verbs -- ‎3.4.1. The Perfect -- ‎3.4.2. The Imperfect -- ‎3.4.3. The Jussive -- ‎3.4.4. Conclusions -- ‎3.5. The Diachronic Dimension of T-Stem Verbs with Root-Initial t and with Root-Initial "Weak" Consonant -- ‎3.6. Conclusions: The Reconstructed Bases for Strong and Weak T-Stem Verbs -- ‎Chapter 4. The Semantics of the T-Stems -- ‎4.1. The Semantics of VIII and VI -- ‎4.1.1. Subject-Deletion (Anticausative and Other Types) -- ‎4.1.1.1. Passive, Resultative, and Potential Passive -- ‎4.1.1.2. Lexicalized Anticausatives -- ‎4.1.2. Reflexive -- ‎4.1.3. Reciprocal -- ‎4.1.4. Pluractional -- ‎4.1.5. Antipassive -- ‎4.1.6. Denominative (?) -- ‎4.1.7. Simulative ('to Pretend to Do Something')? -- ‎4.1.8. Stem VIII or VI Derived from Stem II or IV -- ‎4.1.9. Borrowings from Arabic Stems VIII and V -- ‎4.1.10. No Source of Derivation -- ‎4.2. Equipollent Pairs with Stem II -- ‎4.3. Equipollent Pairs with Stem IV and Derivation from Stem IV.

‎4.4. Semantic Opposition between VIII/VI and VII -- ‎4.5. The Semantics of VI: the Evidence of the Corpus -- ‎4.6. The Semantics of the T-Stems: The Diachronic Dimension -- ‎Appendix. The Lexical Data -- ‎1. Strong Verbs -- ‎1.1. Strong Verbs, Stem VIII -- ‎1.2. Strong Verbs, Stem VIII/VI (Variation Is Observed in the Imperfect) -- ‎1.3. Strong Verbs, Stem VI -- ‎1.4. Strong Verbs, Stem VII -- ‎2. The Type C1©C3 (Verbs with the Second "Idle Glottis" Consonant) -- ‎2.1. The Type C1©C3, Stem VIII -- ‎2.2. The Type C1©C3, Stem VIII/VI (Variation Is Observed in the Imperfect) -- ‎2.3. The Type C1©C3, Stem VI -- ‎3. The Type ʔC2C3/tC2C3 (Verbs with Root-Initial ʔ and Verbs with Root-Initial t) -- ‎3.1. The Type ʔC2C3/tC2C3, Stem VIII -- ‎4. The Type C1C2C2 (Geminated Roots) -- ‎4.1. The Type C1C2C2, Stem VIII -- ‎4.2. The Type C1C2C2, Stem VI -- ‎5. The Type C1VC3 (Hollow Roots) -- ‎5.1. The Type C1VC3, Stem VII -- ‎5.2. The Type C1VC3, Stem VIII/VII -- ‎6. The Type C1C2y -- ‎6.1. The Type C1C2y, Stem VIII -- ‎7. The Type C1C2ʔ -- ‎7.1. The Type C1C2ʔ, Stem VI -- ‎7.2. The Type C1C2ʔ, Stem VII -- ‎8. "Doubly Weak" Roots -- ‎8.1. The Type ʔ©C3 (with the Initial ʔ and with the Second "Idle Glottis" Consonant) -- ‎8.1.1. The Type ʔ©C3, Stem VIII -- ‎8.1.2. The Type ʔ©C3, Stem VIII/VI -- ‎8.2. C1©y (with a Medial "Idle Glottis" and Final y) -- ‎8.3. The Type ʔCy/ʔ (with Initial ʔ and Word-Final ʔ/y) -- ‎8.4. The Type t©ʔ -- ‎8.5. The Type C1ʔy -- ‎8.6. tC2C2 -- ‎9. Irregular Verbs -- ‎10. Biconsonantal Verbs -- ‎10.1. With the Second Weak Consonant (Stem VI) -- ‎10.2. With the First t -- ‎Bibliography -- ‎Index of Soqotri verbs -- ‎General index -- Back Cover.