37.2582, Books: The New Arabic Lexicon and its Words: Fassi Fehri (2026)

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Date: 04-Aug-2026
From: Karin Plijnaar [karin.plijnaar at benjamins.nl]
Subject: The New Arabic Lexicon and its Words: Fassi Fehri (2026)


Title: The New Arabic Lexicon and its Words
Subtitle: Root-based and templatic morphosyntax
Series Title: Language Faculty and Beyond   21
Publication Year: 2026

Publisher: John Benjamins
           http://www.benjamins.com/
Book URL: https://benjamins.com/catalog/lfab.21

Author(s): Abdelkader Fassi Fehri

eBook ISBN:  9789027244178 Pages:  297 Price: Europe EURO 135.00
eBook ISBN:  9789027244178 Pages:  297 Price: U.K. £ 113.00
eBook ISBN:  9789027244178 Pages:  297 Price: U.S. $ 176.00
Hardback ISBN:  9789027232182 Pages:  297 Price: Europe EURO 135.00
Hardback ISBN:  9789027232182 Pages:  297 Price: Europe EURO 143.10
Hardback ISBN:  9789027232182 Pages:  297 Price: U.K. £ 113.00
Hardback ISBN:  9789027232182 Pages:  297 Price: U.S. $ 176.00

Abstract:

Root syntax, with roots as primitive lexical units, is an influential
theme in building the lexicon in linguistic theory, typically in
Distributed Morphology, and the generative model of minimal
computation. Implementing important fragments of the Arabic lexicon,
the book presents a comprehensive view of word formation and argument
structure, providing robust evidence that favors root-based, rather
than stem-based derivations of words. Tested on Arabic, a language
wearing DM ‘on its sleeve’, the DM model gains substantial support and
refinement. Significant templatic affixes turn out to be roots.
Valency changing causatives, anti-causatives, reflexives, or
nominalizations implicate root complexity, not category change. Psych,
perception, and cognition eventuality classes are born as root
subtypes, not ‘verb’ classes. Category changing deverbalizations,
deadjectivations, or denominalizations are supplemented by complex
root derivations. Melodic templates operate ‘templatization’ (e.g.
with adjectives), or act as functional templates for Voice and Aspect
(e.g. with passives), or gradation (with synthetic comparatives),
after category typing.
The book is of interest to generative and comparative linguists,
cognitivists, typologists, lexicographers, and students, teachers, and
researchers of Arabic, or Semitic

Written In: English (eng, stan1293)



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