David Testen
Biographic Data
| ID | 699002 |
|---|---|
| NAME | David Testen |
| GIVEN NAMES | David |
| FAMILY NAME | Testen |
| SIGNATURE | TESTEN D |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Chicago |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 19 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 11 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 19 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1985 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2021 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Internal Reduplication among the t-Derived Verbal Stems of Akkadian
In formal terms, the Dtr-Stem of Akkadian mirrors and partially overlaps the more familiar Dt-Stem, albeit with an additional medial reduplicated syllable (cf., e.g., Dtr ūtelelle vs. Dt ūtelle). It is suggested in the following that the Dtr did not arise as a deviant form of the Dt but represents a survival of the Dt's morphology in early East Semitic. Similarly, the Št2-Stem (the so-called "lexical Št"), which shows a comparable added syllable …
Another Look at an Ugaritic Gloss (RS 17.33)
Harry Stroomer Harsūsi Texts from Oman Based on the Field Materials of T. M. Johnstone. 2004 Harrassowitz Verlag Wiesbaden
Old Persian (x-sh-p-v(a)-a r(a-i)-u-c-p-t(a-i)-i-v(a)-a) 'by night or by day'
Evidence of an Early Metathesis among Akkadian piristum-Stem Nouns
Discussions of Semitic grammatical issues frequently fail to draw a distinction between two discrete aspects of the investigation of morphology, viz. synchronic parsing and diachronic etymology. 1 The core of the typical Semitic word-stem is said to lie in the root, an ordered set of consonantal elements serving as the word's formal and semantic skeleton. The root serves as the raw material out of which the morphological machinery of the language…
The 'Broken' Plural Problem in Arabic and Comparative Semitic: Allomorphy and Analogy in Non-Concatenative Morphology . Robert R. Ratcliffe
Parallels in Semitic Linguistics: The Development of Arabic la-and Related Semitic Particles
This linguistic study is concerned with the role of the emphasizing particle la- (known as lam al-ta'kid) in the grammatical traditions of Classical Arabic, as well as with the question of the historical relationship connecting this particle to a set of elements in several other Semitic languages showing comparable forms and functions. Although these particles have hitherto seemed to defy a coherent reconstruction, the very complexity of the data…
Conjugating the "Prefixed Stative" Verbs of Akkadian
Introduzione ai dialetti arabi . Olivier Durand
The Derivational Role of the Semitic N-Stem
L'hebreu, l'arabe, l'ugaritique et l'akkadien attestent tous l'existence d'un radical verbal derive du proto-semitique caracterise par la presence du prefixe -n(a)-. Ce radical a ete decrit comme ayant une valeur passive ou reflexive. Dans cet article, l'auteur suggere que la fonction derivationnelle de ce radical semitique etait tout a fait distincte de ce que l'on trouve aujourd'hui en hebreu ou en arabe, et que le verbe a radical N occupait da…
"Semitic Terms for "Myrtle: A Study in Covert Cognates
Modern South Arabian 'nine
There can be little doubt that the stem of the Common Semitic cardinal numeral 'nine' is to be reconstructed as *tiš'-.Among the Modern South Arabian languages, however, we find a set of forms for this numeral which, while clearly reminiscent of those of the remaining Semitic languages, are remarkable for (a) the absence of the initial *ti- and (b) the presence of the sibilant s rather than the expected *š (Johnstone, 1975:23
Old Persian (x-š-p-v(a)-a r(a-i)-u-c-p-t(a-i)-i-v(a)-a) 'by night or by day'
L'auteur etablit un certain nombre de precisions sur la structure grammaticale d'une phrase de l'inscription en vieux persan de Darius Ier (Inscription de Bisitun)
On the Arabic of the ʿEn ʿAvdat Inscription
The I-w Verbal Class and the Reconstruction of the Early Semitic Preradical Vocalism
L'A. analyse les irregularites morphologiques de la classe verbale I-w dans les langues semitiques. Il montre que l'apparente disparition du -w dans les radicaux imperatifs et les radicaux a temps prefixe des langues semitiques de l'ouest et la syncope vocalique problematique trouvee en akkadien sont explicables en affinant les consequences de la loi de Barth pour la reconstruction des voyelles prenatales du verbe semitique
A Trace of Barth's Preradical *i in Akkadian
The Loss of the person-marker t- In Jibbali and Socotri
Johnstone (1968, 1975, 1980, 1981) has pointed out that two of the Modern South Arabian group of Semitic languages, Jibbali (Śḥeri) and Socotri, systematically lose the person-marking prefix t- (whether it mark the second person or the feminine third person) in certain types of verbs. An example of this phenomenon from Jibbali may be seen in the passive paradigm of the basic stem, which is given below alongside the active-voice paradigm of a 'sta…
The Old Ossetic Inscription from the River Zelenčuk
The Significance of Aramaic r < *n
The Loss of the person-marker t- In Jibbali and Socotri
Johnstone (1968, 1975, 1980, 1981) has pointed out that two of the Modern South Arabian group of Semitic languages, Jibbali (Śḥeri) and Socotri, systematically lose the person-marking prefix t- (whether it mark the second person or the feminine third person) in certain types of verbs. An example of this phenomenon from Jibbali may be seen in the passive paradigm of the basic stem, which is given below alongside the active-voice paradigm of a 'sta…
The I-w Verbal Class and the Reconstruction of the Early Semitic Preradical Vocalism
L'A. analyse les irregularites morphologiques de la classe verbale I-w dans les langues semitiques. Il montre que l'apparente disparition du -w dans les radicaux imperatifs et les radicaux a temps prefixe des langues semitiques de l'ouest et la syncope vocalique problematique trouvee en akkadien sont explicables en affinant les consequences de la loi de Barth pour la reconstruction des voyelles prenatales du verbe semitique
A Trace of Barth's Preradical *i in Akkadian
Conjugating the "Prefixed Stative" Verbs of Akkadian
Modern South Arabian 'nine
There can be little doubt that the stem of the Common Semitic cardinal numeral 'nine' is to be reconstructed as *tiš'-.Among the Modern South Arabian languages, however, we find a set of forms for this numeral which, while clearly reminiscent of those of the remaining Semitic languages, are remarkable for (a) the absence of the initial *ti- and (b) the presence of the sibilant s rather than the expected *š (Johnstone, 1975:23
The Significance of Aramaic r < *n
The Significance of Aramaic r < *n
The Old Ossetic Inscription from the River Zelenčuk
A Trace of Barth's Preradical *i in Akkadian
The Loss of the person-marker t- In Jibbali and Socotri
Johnstone (1968, 1975, 1980, 1981) has pointed out that two of the Modern South Arabian group of Semitic languages, Jibbali (Śḥeri) and Socotri, systematically lose the person-marking prefix t- (whether it mark the second person or the feminine third person) in certain types of verbs. An example of this phenomenon from Jibbali may be seen in the passive paradigm of the basic stem, which is given below alongside the active-voice paradigm of a 'sta…
The I-w Verbal Class and the Reconstruction of the Early Semitic Preradical Vocalism
L'A. analyse les irregularites morphologiques de la classe verbale I-w dans les langues semitiques. Il montre que l'apparente disparition du -w dans les radicaux imperatifs et les radicaux a temps prefixe des langues semitiques de l'ouest et la syncope vocalique problematique trouvee en akkadien sont explicables en affinant les consequences de la loi de Barth pour la reconstruction des voyelles prenatales du verbe semitique
On the Arabic of the ʿEn ʿAvdat Inscription
Old Persian (x-š-p-v(a)-a r(a-i)-u-c-p-t(a-i)-i-v(a)-a) 'by night or by day'
L'auteur etablit un certain nombre de precisions sur la structure grammaticale d'une phrase de l'inscription en vieux persan de Darius Ier (Inscription de Bisitun)
The Derivational Role of the Semitic N-Stem
L'hebreu, l'arabe, l'ugaritique et l'akkadien attestent tous l'existence d'un radical verbal derive du proto-semitique caracterise par la presence du prefixe -n(a)-. Ce radical a ete decrit comme ayant une valeur passive ou reflexive. Dans cet article, l'auteur suggere que la fonction derivationnelle de ce radical semitique etait tout a fait distincte de ce que l'on trouve aujourd'hui en hebreu ou en arabe, et que le verbe a radical N occupait da…
"Semitic Terms for "Myrtle: A Study in Covert Cognates
Modern South Arabian 'nine
There can be little doubt that the stem of the Common Semitic cardinal numeral 'nine' is to be reconstructed as *tiš'-.Among the Modern South Arabian languages, however, we find a set of forms for this numeral which, while clearly reminiscent of those of the remaining Semitic languages, are remarkable for (a) the absence of the initial *ti- and (b) the presence of the sibilant s rather than the expected *š (Johnstone, 1975:23
Introduzione ai dialetti arabi . Olivier Durand
Conjugating the "Prefixed Stative" Verbs of Akkadian
Parallels in Semitic Linguistics: The Development of Arabic la-and Related Semitic Particles
This linguistic study is concerned with the role of the emphasizing particle la- (known as lam al-ta'kid) in the grammatical traditions of Classical Arabic, as well as with the question of the historical relationship connecting this particle to a set of elements in several other Semitic languages showing comparable forms and functions. Although these particles have hitherto seemed to defy a coherent reconstruction, the very complexity of the data…
The 'Broken' Plural Problem in Arabic and Comparative Semitic: Allomorphy and Analogy in Non-Concatenative Morphology . Robert R. Ratcliffe
Evidence of an Early Metathesis among Akkadian piristum-Stem Nouns
Discussions of Semitic grammatical issues frequently fail to draw a distinction between two discrete aspects of the investigation of morphology, viz. synchronic parsing and diachronic etymology. 1 The core of the typical Semitic word-stem is said to lie in the root, an ordered set of consonantal elements serving as the word's formal and semantic skeleton. The root serves as the raw material out of which the morphological machinery of the language…
Old Persian (x-sh-p-v(a)-a r(a-i)-u-c-p-t(a-i)-i-v(a)-a) 'by night or by day'
Harry Stroomer Harsūsi Texts from Oman Based on the Field Materials of T. M. Johnstone. 2004 Harrassowitz Verlag Wiesbaden
Another Look at an Ugaritic Gloss (RS 17.33)
Internal Reduplication among the t-Derived Verbal Stems of Akkadian
In formal terms, the Dtr-Stem of Akkadian mirrors and partially overlaps the more familiar Dt-Stem, albeit with an additional medial reduplicated syllable (cf., e.g., Dtr ūtelelle vs. Dt ūtelle). It is suggested in the following that the Dtr did not arise as a deviant form of the Dt but represents a survival of the Dt's morphology in early East Semitic. Similarly, the Št2-Stem (the so-called "lexical Št"), which shows a comparable added syllable …
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