The T-Stems in Soqotri : : A Contribution to Semitic Detransitivising Derivation.
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.
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| Superior document: | Studies in Semitic Languages and Linguistics Series ; v.113 |
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| Place / Publishing House: | Boston : : BRILL,, 2024. ©2024. |
| Year of Publication: | 2024 |
| Edition: | 1st ed. |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Studies in Semitic Languages and Linguistics Series
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (260 pages) |
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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.