[b-hebrew] Verbal Aspect (was Tenses - Deut 6:4)
David Kummerow
farmerjoeblo at hotmail.com
Thu Mar 8 18:31:05 EST 2007
Hi Yitzhak,
I was taking his statement at face value, but upon reflection we could
be meaning entirely different things.
By "short prefix verb" I'm referring to the prior yaqtul :: yaqtulu ::
yaqtula paradigmatic contrasts, which is still apparent morphologically
as I've previously mentioned and as you know. (The problem is to know
what to do with yaqtul: is it homophonous or polysemous? But that's a
different issue.)
Regards,
David Kummerow.
> Perhaps you could explain what you mean by "short prefix verb"? Does it
> mean a verbal inflection of the Semitic prefix-type (as opposed to suffix
> type inflections like SOFARTI), and which is also short (YOQOM < *yaqum0
> as opposed to YAQUM < *yaqumu)? If so, my guess is that Mr. Fried has
> a completely different understanding of "short prefix verb" (probably, a
> word
> prefix that should be analyzed as a short verb).
>
> Yitzhak Sapir
>
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