Final Short Vowels in Gə‘əz, Hebrew ’attâ, and the Anceps Paradox
The term ‘anceps vowels’, as used by Semiticists, refers to word-final vowels which do not seem to exhibit consistent reflexes across languages. this paper will argue that the irregular reflexes of final vowels in Gə‘əz and in several environments in Hebrew emerged from an incorrect ordering of soun...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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[2014]
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Journal of Semitic studies
Year: 2014, Volume: 59, Issue: 2, Pages: 315-327 |
| IxTheo Classification: | AG Religious life; material religion BH Judaism BJ Islam |
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| Summary: | The term ‘anceps vowels’, as used by Semiticists, refers to word-final vowels which do not seem to exhibit consistent reflexes across languages. this paper will argue that the irregular reflexes of final vowels in Gə‘əz and in several environments in Hebrew emerged from an incorrect ordering of sound rules and an incomplete picture of both proto-Ethiopic and Proto-Canaanite morphology. By correcting these two issues, the traditional ‘anceps’ vowels can be derived from original final short vowels through regular sound laws. |
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| ISSN: | 1477-8556 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Journal of Semitic studies
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1093/jss/fgu003 |