Research in Afroasiatic Grammar TwoJacqueline Lecarme This volume contains 22 of the papers presented at the 5th Conference on Afroasiatic Languages (CAL 5) held at Universite Paris VII in June 2000. The authors report their latest research on the syntax, morphology, and phonology of quite a number of languages (Arabic, Hebrew, Amharic, Tigrinya, Coptic Egyptian, Berber, Hausa, Beja, Somali, Gamo). The articles discuss new solutions to familiar questions such as the free state/construct state alternation of nouns, the Semitic template system, and the morphosyntax of nominal and verbal plurality. Ten of the papers center on morphology, especially the relation of phonology to syntax and morphology; others address questions at the syntax/semantics/pragmatics interface; two papers also offer comparative and historical perspectives. Taken as a whole, the papers provide an accurate picture of the state of current research in Afroasiatic linguistics, containing important new data and new analyses. Given its coverage, the book is a valuable resource for anyone interested in Afroasiatic languages and theoretical linguistics. |
Contents
An inherent morphological property 21 | 21 |
The internal structure of the determiner in Beja | 35 |
Reciprocals as plurals in Arabic | 53 |
The Dative Directional | 79 |
Emergent vowels in Tigrinya templates | 105 |
Transitivity alternations in the Semitic template system | 127 |
Verbal plurality transitivity and causativity | 151 |
Syntax semantics and discourse | 187 |
Tonal alternations in Somali | 287 |
Verb conjugations and the Strong Pronoun declension | 305 |
Implications | 339 |
The syntax of special inflection in Coptic interrogatives | 363 |
Indexicality logophoricity and plural pronouns | 409 |
Inductive grounding | 429 |
Phrasal movement in Hebrew DPs | 447 |
The Case of constructs | 481 |
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affix Afroasiatic Afroasiatic Languages Agreement aktub allomorphs analysis argued argument Beja Berber broken plurals c-command causative Chomsky Classical Arabic clause clitic complex consonant constituent constraint construct context contrast Coptic Dative definite derived distribution domain elements embedded ex-situ focus example feature feminine function geminate gender genitive member grammatical Guerssel Hausa head Hebrew Imperfective in-situ inflection interpretation Jussive katab Kulmiye languages lexical licensed Linguistic Lowenstamm marked markedness marker masculine morpheme morphology nominal noun Omotic languages operator option pattern phonetic phonological phrasal movement phrase plural position predicate prefix prepositions ProN pronoun proposed prosodic prosodic word quantifier reduplication relative tenses root scope Section segment semantic Semitic Shlonsky singular spec specifier speech act stem Strong Pronoun structure suffix SYLGEM syllable syntactic syntactic predicate syntax template thematic role Theory tonal transitive truncation University verb verbal vowel wh-in-situ wh-movement wh-phrase