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Language processing and acquisition in languages of Semitic, root-based, morphology / Joseph Shimron

Mansouri, Fethi 2005, Language processing and acquisition in languages of Semitic, root-based, morphology / Joseph Shimron, Studies in second language acquisition, vol. 27, no. 4, pp. 644-645.

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Title Language processing and acquisition in languages of Semitic, root-based, morphology / Joseph Shimron
Alternative title Book review : Language processing and acquisition in languages of Semitic, root-based, morphology / Joseph Shimron
Author(s) Mansouri, Fethi
Journal name Studies in second language acquisition
Volume number 27
Issue number 4
Start page 644
End page 645
Publisher Cambridge University Press
Place of publication Cambridge, England
Publication date 2005-12
ISSN 0272-2631
1470-1545
Summary This book addresses a fundamental question in the morphological analysis and representation of Semitic languages—namely, whether Semitic word morphology is root based or word based. As Shimron suggests, “there are reasons to view the templates, not the roots, as the more influential factor in determining Semitic morphology” (p. 5). Yet, as others would argue, there are reasons not to disregard the root-based hypothesis altogether. In the case of Arabic morphology, for example, verbal forms inherently contain three nonlinear levels: the consonantal root, the vowel pattern, and the templatic prosody. This nonlinear feature provided a perfect illustration of what has become termed in the literature as root-and-patterns morphology (McCarthy & Prince, 1986, 1990).
Language eng
Field of Research 200401 Applied Linguistics and Educational Linguistics
HERDC Research category C3 Non-refereed articles in a professional journal
Copyright notice ©2005, Cambridge University Press
Persistent URL http://hdl.handle.net/10536/DRO/DU:30013323

Document type: Journal Article
Collection: School of International and Political Studies
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