Research in Afroasiatic Grammar II
Selected papers from the Fifth Conference on Afroasiatic Languages, Paris, 2000
Editor
This volume contains 22 of the papers presented at the 5th Conference on Afroasiatic Languages (CAL 5) held at Université Paris VII in June 2000.
The authors report their latest research on the syntax, morphology, and phonology of quite a number of languages (Arabic, Hebrew, Amharic, Tigrinya, Coptic Egyptian, Berber, Hausa, Beja, Somali, Gamo). The articles discuss new solutions to familiar questions such as the free state/construct state alternation of nouns, the Semitic template system, and the morphosyntax of nominal and verbal plurality. Ten of the papers center on morphology, especially the relation of phonology to syntax and morphology; others address questions at the syntax/semantics/pragmatics interface; two papers also offer comparative and historical perspectives. Taken as a whole, the papers provide an accurate picture of the state of current research in Afroasiatic linguistics, containing important new data and new analyses. Given its coverage, the book is a valuable resource for anyone interested in Afroasiatic languages and theoretical linguistics.
[Current Issues in Linguistic Theory, 241] 2003. vii, 547 pp.
Publishing status: Available
Published online on 21 October 2008
Published online on 21 October 2008
© John Benjamins Publishing Company
Table of Contents
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Acknowledgements | p. vii
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Alternation of state in BerberKarim Achab | pp. 1–19
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Anti-faithfulness: An inherent morphological propertyOuti Bat-El | pp. 21–34
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The internal structure of the determiner in BejaSabrina Bendjaballah | pp. 35–52
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Reciprocals as plurals in ArabicElabbas Benmamoun | pp. 53–62
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Modern Hebrew possessive yeS constructionsNora Boneh | pp. 63–77
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The thematic and syntactic status of Ps: The Dative, Directional, Locative distinctionIrena Botwinik-Rotem | pp. 79–104
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Emergent vowels in Tigrinya templatesEugene Buckley | pp. 105–125
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Transitivity alternations in the Semitic template systemEdit Doron | pp. 127–149
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Verbal plurality, transitivity, and causativityAbdelkader Fassi Fehri | pp. 151–185
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Ex-situ and in-situ focus in Hausa: Syntax, semantics and discourseMelanie Green and Philip J. Jaggar | pp. 187–214
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The metathesis effect in Classical Arabic and the representation of geminatesM. Masten Guerssel | pp. 215–240
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Omotic: The ‘empty quarter’ of Afroasiatic LinguisticsRichard J. Hayward | pp. 241–261
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Demonstratives and reinforcers in Arabic, Romance and GermanicTabea Ihsane | pp. 263–285
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Tonal alternations in SomaliDavid Le Gac | pp. 287–304
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Verb conjugations and the Strong Pronoun declension in Standard ArabicJohn S. Lumsden and Girma Halefom | pp. 305–337
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The historical dynamics of the Arabic plural system: Implications for the theory of morphologyRobert R. Ratcliffe | pp. 339–362
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The syntax of special inflection in Coptic interrogativesChris H. Reintges | pp. 363–408
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Indexicality, logophoricity, and plural pronounsPhilippe Schlenker | pp. 409–428
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Vowel innovation in Arabic: Inductive grounding and pattern symmetryKimary N. Shahin | pp. 429–445
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Phrasal movement in Hebrew DPsIvy Sichel | pp. 447–479
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Prosodic Case checking domain: The Case of constructsTal Siloni | pp. 481–510
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Templatic effects as fixed prosody: The verbal system in SemiticAdam Ussishkin | pp. 511–530
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Index | pp. 531–547
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Bat‐El, Outi
2011. Semitic Templates. In The Blackwell Companion to Phonology, ► pp. 1 ff. 
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Subjects
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CF: Linguistics
Main BISAC Subject
LAN009000: LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / General