3. The verbal morphology of Maltese

Chapters in this book

1. Prelim pages i
2. Table of contents v
3. 1. Semitic languages 1
4. 2. Semitic verb structure within a universal perspective 29
5. 3. The verbal morphology of Maltese 61
6. 4. The formation of Ethiopian Semitic internal reduplication 79
7. 5. The role of the imperfective template in Arabic morphology 99
8. 6. Arabic derivational ablaut, processing strategies, and consonantal “roots” 115
9. 7. The ‘roots’ of denominative Hebrew verbs 131
10. 8. Opacity in Hebrew word morphology 147
11. 9. Lexical organization and lexical access in a non-concatenated morphology 165
12. 10. When degree of semantic similarity influences morphological processing 187
13. 11. What is a root? 201
14. 12. Root-morpheme processing during word recognition in Hebrew speakers across the adult life span 223
15. 13. Children’s lexical innovations 243
16. 14. A developmental perspective on root perception in Hebrew and Palestinian Arabic 293
17. 15. Computing argument structure 321
18. 16. ‘Empty’ subjects in Hebrew 363
19. Index of names 385
20. Index of subjects 389