Diathesis in the Semitic Languages: A Comparative Morphological Study

a-imperfects a-na according Afroasiatic Akkadian Amarna letters Amoritic ancient apophonic apothematic CCj Arabic dialects Arabiyya Aramaic argument basically Bauer/Leander biradical Blau Brockelmann Byblos Cantineau causative conjugation Classical Arabic common Semitic Czapkiewicz derived stems diachronic Djidjelli documented elision evidence existence explanation fact finite verb function G-stem Gabčs Gabčs bed Garbini Ge'ez Grammatik Grundriss Hebrew hifil Hōrân IIIw/y imperfect indication inner passive innovation intransitive Kuryłowicz laryngal augmented linguistic Marāzīg meaning Mehri modern morpheme morphological morphological categories Nöldeke opposition origin participle passive constructions passive marker passive system pattern perfect Petráček phonological prefix pu'al qatil qitil qutal qutil Retsö roots Rundgren sedentary dialects semantic Semitic languages similar Soqotri South Arabian stative stem IV supposed Syria sed Takroűna thematic theme vowel triradical true causative Ugaritic verbal nouns Vollers Western Semitic yaqtil yuqtal