(f) Notes on the Emergence of New Semitic Roots in the Light of Compounding

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  • Lutz Edzard

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5617/jais.6127

Abstract

Independently of the question as to whether bi- or triradical roots have historical preponderance in Semitic, there are clear cases of Semitic verbal and nominal roots that have emerged through a process of compounding or integration of additional elements (verbal or nominal affixes and even prepositions). In this paper, an attempt will be made to establish a hierarchical typology of such processes of morphophonological re-analysis, in both historical and modern times.

Key words: affix, re-analysis, root, compounding

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Edzard, L. (2018). (f) Notes on the Emergence of New Semitic Roots in the Light of Compounding. Journal of Arabic and Islamic Studies, 17, 407–414. https://doi.org/10.5617/jais.6127

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Approaches to the Etymology of Arabic