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Title The Berbero-Semitic adjective
Date 2024
Author(s) Putten, M. van
Abstract It has long been recognized that the Semitic suffix conjugation and the Berber adjectival perfective suffix conjugation have striking similarities in their morphology, which has been correctly attributed to be the result of a shared inheritance from Proto-Afro-Asiatic. Nevertheless, the function of these conjugations in the respective language families is quite distinct. This article argues that ultimately this suffix conjugation is a predicative suffix in the common ancestor of Berber and Semitic, and moreover shows that Semitic and Berber have significant overlap in the stem formations of adjectives. It is argued that these formations must likewise be reconstructed for their common ancestor. - Descriptive and Comparative Linguistics
Subject(s) Berbero-Semitic; Afro-Asiatic; Suffix conjugation; Adjectives; Berber; Semitic; Historical linguistics; Historical morphology
Language en
Type of publication Article / Letter to editor; info:eu-repo/semantics/article; Text
Format application/pdf
Source Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies
Identifier doi:10.1017/S0041977X23000939; lucris-id:1303404706
Repository Leiden - University of Leiden
Added to C-A: 2024-05-06;10:03:28