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A neglected phonetic law: the assimilation of pretonic yod to a following coronal in North-West Semitic 1 (2012)
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@MISC{Garnier12aneglected,
author = {Romain Garnier and Université De Limoges and Guillaume Jacques},
title = {A neglected phonetic law: the assimilation of pretonic yod to a following coronal in North-West Semitic 1},
year = {2012}
}
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Abstract
This paper shows the existence of a pretonic assimilation of *y to a following coronal consonant (including *y from proto-Semitic *y and *w) in North-West Semitic languages. This rule, which has been obscured by analogy in each of the North-West Semitic languages, explains three independent sets of facts: the formation of irregular maqtal-s in Hebrew, Phoenician and Aramaic; the irregular conjugations of several verbs in Hebrew; the plural formation of the irregular noun “house ” in Hebrew and Aramaic. This proposal also solves the long-standing problem of the etymology of the verb “to give ” in North-West Semitic languages (NTN in Hebrew vs. YTN in Phoenician). Keywords:
