Language processing and acquisition in languages of Semitic, root-based, morphology
By: edited by Joseph Shimron
Series: Language acquisition & language disorders -- v. 28; Language acquisition & language disorders -- v. 28.
Publisher: John Benjamins Pub.
Published: 2003
Place of publication: Amsterdam; Philadelphia
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource] /
Number of pages: 392
ISBN-13: 9789027296689
Subjects: Morfologie (taalkunde); Mentale lexicon; Langue sémitique; Semitische talen; Formation des mots; FOREIGN LANGUAGE STUDY; Acquisition; Natuurlijke-taalverwerking; Semitic languages; Stammen (taalkunde); Word formation; Morphologie (Linguistique); Morphology; Arabic; Roots; Taalverwerving
Description: 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. T.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Description based on print version record.
Table of contents: title: Language Processing and Acquisition in Languages of Semitic, Root-Based, Morphology; Editorial page; Title page; LCC page; Contents; Chapter 1. Semitic languages: Are they really root-based?; Chapter 2. Semitic verb structure within a universal perspective; Chapter 3. The verbal morphology of Maltese; Chapter 4. The formation of Ethiopian Semitic internal reduplication; Chapter 5. The role of the imperfective template in Arabic morphology; Chapter 6. Arabic derivational ablaut, processing strategies, and consonantal ''roots''; Chapter 7. The 'roots' of denominative Hebrew verbs.