Affiliation:
1. Université Paris 8, CNRS SFL
2. Université De Tours, CNRS LLL
Abstract
Abstract
This paper examines the differences in form between weak-final (III-j) verbs and strong verbs in the Neo-Aramaic dialect of Qaraqosh (Khan 2002). The analysis, conducted in the autosegmental theory of Strict CV (Lowenstamm 1996, Scheer 2004), derives these differences from the interaction of the common template with the weak radical of weak verbs. In addition, it accounts for two surprising facts about this lan-guage: (i) the distribution of the vowel [I], which only contrasts with other relevant vowels in the final unstressed position; and (ii) the marking, unique among Semitic languages, of a gender distinction in the imperative only on weak verbs. The analysis suggests that both these facts follow from the assumption that [I] is a phonologically short /i/, while a phonologically long /i/ is realized with the quality [i]. It thus argues for non-surface-true ‘virtual’ length.
Publisher
Oxford University Press (OUP)
Subject
Literature and Literary Theory,Linguistics and Language,Religious studies,History,Language and Linguistics,Cultural Studies
Cited by
2 articles.
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