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- Title
A neglected phonetic law: The assimilation of pretonic yod to a following coronal in North-West Semitic.
- Authors
Garnier, Romain; Jacques, Guillaume
- Abstract
This paper shows the existence of a pretonic assimilation of *y to a following coronal consonant (including *y from proto-Semitic *y and *w) in North-West Semitic languages. This rule, which has been obscured by analogy in each of the North-West Semitic languages, explains three independent sets of facts: the formation of irregular maqtal-s in Hebrew, Phoenician and Aramaic; the irregular conjugations of several verbs in Hebrew; and the plural formation of the irregular noun “house” in Hebrew and Aramaic. This proposal also solves the long-standing problem of the etymology of the verb “to give” in North-West Semitic languages (NTN in Hebrew vs. YTN in Phoenician).
- Subjects
NORTHWEST Semitic languages; HEBREW language; PHOENICIAN language; ARAMAIC language; ETYMOLOGY; ASSIMILATION (Phonetics)
- Publication
Bulletin of the School of Oriental & African Studies, 2012, Vol 75, Issue 1, p135
- ISSN
0041-977X
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1017/S0041977X11001261