More on Sa'adia Gaon's Perspective on the Grammatical Root
The concept of the grammatical root was an important tool for medieval lexicographers. Yet, Sa'adia Gaon, who was the first to differentiate between formative letters and radicals in Hebrew morphology, did not use grammatical roots in his linguistic works. Though he saw separate functions for e...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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The National Association of Professors of Hebrew
1995
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Hebrew studies
Year: 1995, Volume: 36, Issue: 1, Pages: 25-33 |
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| Summary: | The concept of the grammatical root was an important tool for medieval lexicographers. Yet, Sa'adia Gaon, who was the first to differentiate between formative letters and radicals in Hebrew morphology, did not use grammatical roots in his linguistic works. Though he saw separate functions for each consonant in a word, there is no evidence that Sa'adia accepted or applied the concept of consonantal roots in his grammatical works. Through an analysis of data including individual entries in hâ-'Egrôn, verb paradigms and linguistic terminology, the author shows that Sa'adia used basic forms instead to derive verbs and nouns. |
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| ISSN: | 2158-1681 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Hebrew studies
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1353/hbr.1995.0026 |