18.2763, Qs: Non-concatenative Word Formation

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Subject: 18.2763, Qs: Non-concatenative Word Formation

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Date: 19-Sep-2007
From: Getahun Amare < getahunamare at yahoo.com >
Subject: Non-concatenative Word Formation

 

	
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Date: Mon, 24 Sep 2007 13:05:14
From: Getahun Amare [getahunamare at yahoo.com]
Subject: Non-concatenative Word Formation
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In Semitic languages words, especially verbal stems are derived from
consonantal roots with vocalic insertion (vowel insertion between the
consonants. For instance, the verbal stem for 'killed' is derived from
g-dd-l by insrting the mid central vowel in the space indicated by (-)in
Argobba and Amharic. Derivations of this sort can be handled in Prosodic
Morphology. But I do not know if there are works to analyze such derivation
in Constraint Based theories like HPSG. Please inform me works on this issue.

Many thanks.  
Getahun Amare 

Linguistic Field(s): Linguistic Theories
                     Morphology





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