>How many non-Semitic languages are oout there with rigid root system and >noexcessiveness? Even in Russian, aspect affixes more or less mandate the
semantics.
Well, if you're looking for a language system with a root system (I
don't know what you mean by "no excessiveness"),
But we can even look at English. An "alcoholic" is an addict. A
"chocoholic," though clearly patterned on "alcoholic," in a fan, not
at addict.
For example, some people assume that etymology is the strongest clue
to word meaning.
Similarly, I look at modern languages, and note that there is no
language in which form completely determines meaning, and conclude
that it did not in ancient Hebrew, either.
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