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Date: 23 May 2003
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Subject:New Book:Lg Ac in Semitic

Title: Language Processing and Acquisition in Languages of Semitic,
        Root-Based, Morphology
Series Title: Language Acquisition and Language Disorders 28
			
Publication Year: 2003
Publisher: John Benjamins
            http://www.benjamins.com/, http://www.benjamins.nl		
			
Book URL:
http://www.benjamins.nl/cgi-bin/t_bookview.cgi?bookid=LALD_28

Editor: Joseph  Shimron, University of Haifa
				
Hardback: ISBN: 1588112349, Pages: vi, 394 pp., Price: USD 110.00
Hardback: ISBN: 902722496X, Pages: vi, 394 pp., Price: EUR 110.00
			
Abstract:

This book puts together contributions of linguists and psycholinguists
whose main interest here is the representation of Semitic words in the
mental lexicon of Semitic language speakers. The central topic of the
book confronts two views about the morphology of Semitic words. The
point of the argument is: Should we see Semitic words' morphology as
"root-based" or "word-based?" The proponents of the root-based
approach, present empirical evidence demonstrating that Semitic
language speakers are sensitive to the root and the template as the
two basic elements (bound morphemes) of Semitic words. Those
supporting the word-based approach, present arguments to the effect
that Semitic word formation is not based on the merging of roots and
templates, but that Semitic words are comprised of word stems and
affixes like we find in Indo-European languages. The variety of
evidence and arguments for each claim should force the interested
readers to reconsider their views on Semitic morphology.


Table of contents

1. Semitic languages: Are they really root-based?
      Joseph Shimron  1-28
2. Semitic verb structure within a universal perspective
      Outi Bat-El  29-59
3. The verbal morphology of Maltese
      Robert D. Hoberman and Mark Aronoff  61-78
4. The formation of Ethiopian Semitic internal reduplication
      Sharon Rose  79-97
5. The role of the imperfective template in Arabic morphology
      Elabbas Benmamoun  99-114
6. Arabic derivational ablaut, processing strategies, and consonantal
    "roots"
      Jeffrey G. Heath  115-129
7. The 'roots' of denominative Hebrew verbs
      Shmuel Bolozky  131-146
8. Opacity in Hebrew word morphology
      Ora (Rodrigue) Schwarzwald  147-163
9. Lexical organization and lexical access in a non-concatenated
    morphology
      Avital Deutsch and Ram Frost  165-186
10. When degree of semantic similarity influences morphological
     processing
      Laurie Beth Feldman and Michal Raveh  187-200
11. What is a root? Evidence from the obligatory contour principle
      Iris Berent and Joseph Shimron  201-222
12. Root-morpheme processing during word recognition in Hebrew
     speakers across the adult life span
      Mira Goral and Loraine K. Obler  223-242
13. Children's lexical innovations: Developmental perspectives on
     Hebrew verb structure
      Ruth A. Berman  243-291
14. A developmental perspective on root perception in Hebrew and
     Palestinian Arabic
      Dorit Ravid  293-319
15. Computing argument structure: The early grammar
      Hagit Borer  321-362
16. 'Empty' subjects in Hebrew: A developmental perspective
      Yonata Levy and Anne Vainikka  363-384
Index of names  385-388
Index of subjects  389-392

Lingfield(s):   Language Acquisition
		Morphology
			
Language Family(ies):  Afroasiatic

Written In:  English (Language Code: ENG)


      See this book announcement on our website:
      http://linguistlist.org/get-book.html?BookID=6210.

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