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Studies in semitic grammaticalization.

Rubin, Aaron David.

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Studies in semitic grammaticalization.

Record Type:	Electronic resources : Monograph/item
Title/Author:	Studies in semitic grammaticalization./
Author:	Rubin, Aaron David.
Description:	256 p.
Notes:	Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 65-05, Section: A, page: 1761.
Contained By:	Dissertation Abstracts International65-05A.
Subject:	Language, Linguistics. -
Online resource:	http://pqdd.sinica.edu.tw/twdaoapp/servlet/advanced?query=3132049
ISBN:	0496792890

Studies in semitic grammaticalization.
Rubin, Aaron David.

Studies in semitic grammaticalization. - 256 p.

Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 65-05, Section: A, page: 1761.

Thesis (Ph.D.)--Harvard University, 2004.

My dissertation is an investigation into various aspects of grammaticalization within the Semitic language family. Grammaticalization is the change whereby a lexical item acquires a purely grammatical function, or a grammatical item develops a new grammatical function. As the only process by which new grammatical categories arise in a language, grammaticalization is an important area of study, yet has generally been missing from Semitic studies.

ISBN: 0496792890Subjects--Topical Terms:

1018079
Language, Linguistics.

Studies in semitic grammaticalization.
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520 $a My dissertation is an investigation into various aspects of grammaticalization within the Semitic language family. Grammaticalization is the change whereby a lexical item acquires a purely grammatical function, or a grammatical item develops a new grammatical function. As the only process by which new grammatical categories arise in a language, grammaticalization is an important area of study, yet has generally been missing from Semitic studies.
520 $a Cases which exemplify grammaticalization in Semitic are widely known, but are for the most part not adequately described in linguistic terms. I demonstrate how grammaticalization is the cause of a large number of phonological, morphological, and lexical developments in the history of the Semitic languages. By recognizing these changes as examples of grammaticalization, we can better explain how and why they took place. I show that there are certain traits characteristic of grammaticalization---in particular a strong tendency to violate regular rules of sound change---which, when recognized, shed light on long-standing problems of Semitic historical grammar. The principal aim of the project is to examine Semitic historical grammar from a new perspective, yet it also provides abundant examples for those interested in general studies in grammaticalization.
520 $a The dissertation includes an introductory section, describing a wide range of cases of grammaticalization from all the Semitic languages, including pronouns, nouns, verbs, prepositions, and other particles. Following this are three main chapters, which are devoted to a more in-depth examination of three specific cases of grammaticalization. The first is on the definite article in the Central Semitic languages, the origins of which scholars have been unable to agree on for two hundred years. I offer a new solution, based on a comparison with a wide array of non-Semitic languages and the principles of grammaticalization. The second is an analysis of particles which mark direct objects in the Semitic languages. I attempt to explain the motivation for these particles based on comparative syntax. The third is a survey of present tense markers which have developed in modern Arabic and Aramaic dialects, with the hope of shedding light on how new verbal systems can arise.
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