Del 113 - Studies in Semitic Languages and Linguistics

T-Stems in Soqotri

A Contribution to Semitic Detransitivising Derivation

Inbunden, Engelska, 2024

Av Maria Bulakh

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This book presents the results of a field research on the verbal system of Soqotri, a little-studied language spoken on the island of Soqotra (Arabian Sea) and belonging to the Modern South Arabian branch of Semitic. The investigation focuses on the so-called T-stems (marked by the infix -t-), mostly employed as derivational means of detransitivisation. In this book you will find comprehensive descriptions of the synchronic morphology and semantics of the T-stems, as well as an inquiry into their diachronic background. Simultaneously, the study is a contribution to the general typology of detransitivising derivation in the languages of the world.

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Utgivningsdatum2024-07-17
Mått155 x 235 x 21 mm
Vikt557 g
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
SerieStudies in Semitic Languages and Linguistics
Antal sidor242
FörlagBrill
ISBN9789004703773

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Maria Bulakh is an Associate Professor at the Institute for Oriental and Classical Studies of HSE University and a Senior Research Fellow at the Institute of Oriental Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences. She is a fieldwork researcher on Soqotra since 2017 and a member of the Russian-Soqotri fieldwork team headed by Vitaly Naumkin. Her publications deal with Soqotri, Ethio-Semitic languages and Semitic in general. She is among the authors of the first two volumes of Corpus of Soqotri Oral Literature (Brill, 2014, 2018)

PrefaceList of TablesAbbreviations1 Introduction1.1 The Soqotri Language1.2 The Verbal System of Soqotri2 The Morphology of T-Stems2.1 Strong Verbs of VIII and VI2.2 Strong Verbs of VII2.3 Phonologically Motivated Variations2.4 Conjugational Subtypes Motivated by the Consonantal Set of the Root2.5 Irregular Verbs2.6 Biconsonantal Roots in the T-Stem3 The Diachronic Dimension of the T-Stems3.1 Strong Roots3.2 The Diachronic Dimension of T-Stems of Geminated Verbs3.3 The Diachronic Dimension of Hollow Verbs3.4 The Diachronic Dimension of C1C2y verbs3.5 The Diachronic Dimension of T-Stem Verbs with Root-Initial t and with Root-Initial “Weak” Consonant3.6 Conclusions: The Reconstructed Bases for Strong and Weak T-Stem Verbs4 The Semantics of the T-Stems4.1 Semantics of VIII and VI4.2 Equipollent Pairs with Stem II4.3 Equipollent Pairs with Stem IV and Derivation from Stem IV4.4 Semantic Opposition between VIII/VI and VII4.5 Semantics of VI: The Evidence of the Corpus4.6 Semantics of the T-Stems: The Diachronic DimensionAppendix: The Lexical Data1 Strong Verbs2 The Type C1©C3 (Verbs with the Second “Idle Glottis” Consonant)3 The Type ʔC2C3/tC2C3 (Verbs with Root-Initial ʔ and Verbs with Root-Initial T)4 The Type C1C2C2 (Geminated Roots)5 The Type C1VC3 (Hollow Roots)6 The Type C1C2y7 The Type C1C2ʔ8 “Doubly Weak” Roots9 Irregular Verbs10 Biconsonantal VerbsBibliographyIndex