A Marginal Case of Secondary Opening In GƏˁƏZ. (2nd September 2020)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Butts, Aaron Michael
• Is Part Of: Journal of Semitic studies. Volume 65:Number 2(2020)
• Page Start: 495
• Page End: 509
• Publication Date: 2020-09-02
• Subjects: Semitic philology -- Periodicals; Jews -- Periodicals; 299.2
• DOI: 10.1093/jss/fgaa007
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0022-4480

Abstract

Abstract: In this article, I discuss a feature in the development of Gǝˁǝz that I term 'secondary opening' following the grammatical tradition of Masoretic Hebrew. By secondary opening, I refer to the development that produced a form such as bäḥär 'sea', which is prominent in EMML 6907 (twelfth cent.?), from *baḥr-, the typical realization of which is baḥr in Standard Gǝˁǝz. While admittedly marginal, forms with secondary opening are, I argue, nonetheless important since they provide a rare glimpse at a variety of Gǝˁǝz that was not the direct ancestor of what would eventually become Standard Gǝˁǝz.