14.1451, Books: Lang Acquisition/Morph, Semitic: Shimron (ed)

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Subject: 14.1451, Books: Lang Acquisition/Morph, Semitic: Shimron (ed)

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Date:  Tue, 20 May 2003 09:57:00 +0000
From:  paul at benjamins.com
Subject:  Language Processing and Acquisition in Languages...

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Date:  Tue, 20 May 2003 09:57:00 +0000
From:  paul at benjamins.com
Subject:  Language Processing and Acquisition in Languages...

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)

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