The two prefix-conjugations in East Cushitic, East Semitic, and Chadic

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ID2803002
AutoresRainer M Voigt, Rainer Voigt (0000-0002-8009-112X, autor de correspondencia)
Año1987
Volumen50
Número2
Páginas330-345
Fecha de publicación1987-06-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaBulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0041-977X • E-ISSN: 1474-0699
EditorialCambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1017/s0041977x00049065
OpenAlexW2098766469
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas5
Referencias citadas12

It has long been observed by Cushiticists that the prefix conjugation in various Semitic languages represents one of the major arguments for treating this language group as belonging to the Semitohamitic (Erythraic, Afroasiatic) language phylum. From Semitic and Berber we are acquainted with (at least) two different prefix conjugations, a short one and a long one. THe long from is found in Berber and in several Semitic languages, although there is no general agreement about this. With this in mind, we should be surprised if we could not find so-called long imperfect forms in Cushitic as well. A strong candidate would be the Beja present which nasalizes the second radical, which is lengthened in other languages. In this context, however, I should like, not to discuss the problem bearing on the verbal forms of North Cushitic, but rather to draw the attention of the compartive Semitohamiticist to some East Cushitic languages for which new material is now available. ITt seems convenient to limit this discussion to the Rendille and Boni languages which have recently become knownthrough the work of Bernd Heine (1975-76, 1977, 1978, 1980, 1982) and Hans-Jürgen Sasse (1979, 1980a, 1980b

Arabic · Archaeology · Context (archaeology) · Linguistics · Prefix · Semitic languages · Ancient Egypt and Archaeology · Archaeology and Historical Studies · History · Language, Linguistics, Cultural Analysis · Philosophy