Adjective-derived verbs and verb-derived adjectives in Hebrew
Lior Laks
(reviewers: Itamar Kastner, Shmuel Bolozky, Noam Faust)
Abstract: The debate regarding the nature of non-concatenative formation has been going on for decades and revolves around the status of the consonantal root. Bat-El (1994, 2017, 2019), among others, has advocated an analysis that relies on direct modification of the base rather than separate reference to the consonantal root. This study will shed more light on this debate by examining the formation of verbs from adjectives and adjectives from verbs. The study demonstrates the importance of preserving structural properties of the base in addition to the consonantal root. This is manifested in both doublet formation and blocking the formation of potential forms.
Laks, Lior. 2022. “Adjective-derived verbs and verb-derived adjectives in Hebrew”. Radical: A Journal of Phonology, 4, 249-291.