The lexical semantics of the Arabic verb / Peter John Glanville.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Glanville, Peter John, author.

Contributor:

Class of 1924 Book Fund.

Series:

Oxford linguistics

Oxford Linguistics

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Arabic language--Verb.

Arabic language.

Arabic language--Morphology.

Semantics.

Lexicology.

Physical Description:

xv, 199 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Oxford, University : Oxford University Press, 2018.

Contents:

2 Words, roots, and patterns p. 4

2.2 Roots, patterns, and word families p. 4

2.3 Roots, patterns, and derivation p. 7

2.4 Words, structure, and content p. 15

2.5 Words from verbs p. 19

2.6 Verbs from words p. 23

3 Ground form verb patterns p. 26

3.2 Verb marking and prototype theory p. 26

3.3 Pattern I(a) p. 29

3.3.1 Energy transfer p. 30

3.3.2 Symmetrical states p. 33

3.3.3 Cognition verbs p. 34

3.3.4 Locative configurations p. 35

3.3.5 One-participant actions p. 37

3.4 Pattern I(i) p. 38

3.4.1 Experienced states p. 39

3.4.2 Subject as location p. 39

3.4.3 Sequence verbs p. 43

3.4.4 Influence p. 44

3.5 Pattern I(u) p. 45

4 Reflexive marking p. 51

4.2 Reflexive marking on the verb p. 52

4.3 Alternations p. 54

4.3.1 Subject as beneficiary p. 55

4.3.2 Actions on the self p. 56

4.3.3 Symmetry p. 58

4.3.4 Subject as patient p. 60

4.3.5 An agency continuum p. 61

4.4 A verb pattern p. 64

4.4.1 Denominals p. 64

4.4.2 Result states p. 66

4.4.3 Verb building p. 67

4.4.4 Consistent marking p. 70

5 Symmetry p. 77

5.2 Symmetry p. 78

5.2.1 Resistance p. 80

5.2.2 Risk p. 83

5.2.3 Competition p. 84

5.2.4 Interaction, exchange, and sharing p. 85

5.2.5 Helping, hugging, shaking hands p. 87

5.2.6 Co-action p. 88

5.2.7 Inherent symmetry p. 89

5.2.8 Implementing symmetry p. 92

5.3 Symmetry and reflexivity p. 94

5.3.1 Reciprocity p. 95

5.3.2 Counterfactuals p. 98

5.3.3 Chaining situations p. 100

5.3.4 Co-action (again) p. 101

5.3.5 Progressive change p. 102

5.3.6 Co-symmetry p. 104

6 Causation and actionalization p. 109

6.2 Marked causatives p. 110

6.3 Giving and sending p. 113

6.4 Activated states p. 118

6.5 Base as product p. 119

6.6 Base as goal p. 120

6.7 Actions on the self p. 121

6.8 Causer-oriented actions p. 124

6.9 Result states p. 130

6.10 Transfer p. 132

7 Repetition p. 136

7.2 Repetition and linguistic marking p. 136

7.3 Gemination p. 138

7.3.1 Repeated division p. 140

7.3.2 Repeated configuration and motion p. 141

7.3.3 Incrementality p. 144

7.3.4 Repeated taking p. 145

7.4 Reduplication of the first and second consonants p. 146

7.4.1 Repeated sound p. 147

7.4.2 Rhythm p. 148

7.4.3 Sound symbolism, etymons, and phonesthemes p. 149

7.4.4 On the direction of derivation p. 153

7.5 Overlapping functions p. 156

7.5.1 Causation and repetition p. 156

7.5.2 Expansion of fai̔fai̔a p. 160

8 The beginnings of a system p. 162

8.2 A system of constructions p. 162

8.3 Accounting for the system p. 165

8.3.1 Merging words p. 166

8.3.2 Abstraction of relational structures p. 169

8.3.3 Analogy, categorization, and shape-invariant morphology p. 173

8.4 Derivation and conceptual blending p. 177.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 183-196) and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Class of 1924 Book Fund.

ISBN:

0198792735

9780198792734

0198792743

9780198792741

OCLC:

1002113016