Historical Aspects of Standard Negation in Semitic

Sjörs, Ambjörn

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“…A similar phenomenon, i.e., the addition of suffixes to the base *ʔayy-, may also be seen throughout Semitic. 61 For example, while the shorter form ay(ya)/e is attested in Akkadian, we more frequently see various suffixes being attached to the word without significantly changing the meaning, such as ayyānum, ayyāna, and ayyinna. 62 We find similar forms in Amarna Canaanite in the words ayyami, ayyati, and ayyakam all meaning 'where?'.…”

Section: Affix Pleonasm As a Common Trend In Semiticmentioning

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“…50 Sjörs suggests that *-ay is a locative suffix in Semitic. 51 This would be consistent with its being attached to an interrogative locative adverb, but it would be difficult to claim that the function of ʔayyē is somehow different from that of ʔē. For example, the three clear instances in which ʔē is used each have a syntactic parallel text in which ʔayyē is used.…”

Section: The Function Of This Adverbial Endingmentioning

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Where Does ’Ayyē Come From? Proclisis and Affix Pleonasm in the Biblical Hebrew Interrogatives ’Ē and ’Ayyē

Kantor

2019

Journal of Semitic Studies

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Interrogatives from the base *’ayy- are common throughout Semitic. Two of the reflexes of this base in Biblical Hebrew, ’ē ‘where?’ and ’ayyē ‘where?’, exhibit atypical phonological features. In the case of ’ē (< *’ayy-v), the diphthong *ay ought to have been preserved due to the following gemination (cf. day [< *dayy-v] ‘sufficiency’). In the case of ’ayyē, the final ṣere is unusual. In this paper, I argue that contraction has occurred in ’ē because it is proclitic and that the ṣere (-ē) ending in ’ayyē is from the Semitic adverbial ending *-ay, which also contracted to -ē due to proclisis. The morphosyntactic developments of these forms, taken within their wider Semitic context, shed light on the linguistic phenomenon of ‘affix pleonasm‘ in both Hebrew and Semitic.

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Section: Affix Pleonasm As a Common Trend In Semiticmentioning

confidence: 86%

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Where Does ’Ayyē Come From? Proclisis and Affix Pleonasm in the Biblical Hebrew Interrogatives ’Ē and ’Ayyē

Kantor

2019

Journal of Semitic Studies

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An Analysis of the Modern South Arabian Languages as ‘Islamic Languages’

Castagna

2020

Eurasian Stud.

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The Modern South Arabian languages (MSAL) are seldom mentioned in Islamic studies, as they never served as a literary vehicle. They began to be written only very recently, mainly in text messages, and their use is confined to the domestic environment and oral poetry. Despite this, the MSAL fall neatly within Bausani’s concept of “lingua islamica”: firstly, they have been influenced by an Arabic superstratum since time immemorial, which left numerous traces in their lexis and, to a lesser extent, in other linguistic domains. Secondly, their speakers embraced Islam in the course of a slow but steady process, which began with the wars of apostasy (632-33 CE) and was still ongoing in mid-20th century. Hence, the Islamic culture, conveyed by their Arabic-speaking neighbours, whom they felt as more prestigious, exerted an enormous pressure on the cultural setting of MSAL speakers. Additionally, and in contrast with other Islamic languages, virtually every speaker of a MSAL is proficient in Arabic, and has been so for at least five centuries. In light of the above-mentioned facts, this study describes the extent to which the MSAL can be considered Islamic languages, by looking at their phonetics, morphology, syntax and lexis through the lens of Bausani’s framework. The conclusions show that the MSAL retain remarkably resilient native elements which co-exist with likewise strong Arabic/Islamic elements in a culturally and linguistically functional system.

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Allati¹

2018

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Historical Aspects of Standard Negation in Semitic

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Where Does ’Ayyē Come From? Proclisis and Affix Pleonasm in the Biblical Hebrew Interrogatives ’Ē and ’Ayyē

Where Does ’Ayyē Come From? Proclisis and Affix Pleonasm in the Biblical Hebrew Interrogatives ’Ē and ’Ayyē

An Analysis of the Modern South Arabian Languages as ‘Islamic Languages’

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