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A neglected phonetic law: The assimilation of pretonic yod to a following coronal in North-West Semitic

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This paper shows the existence of a pretonic assimilation of *y to a following coronal consonant (including *y from proto-Semitic *y and *w) in North-West Semitic languages. This rule, which has been obscured by analogy in each of the North-West Semitic languages, explains three independent sets of facts: the formation of irregular maqtal-s in Hebrew, Phoenician and Aramaic; the irregular conjugations of several verbs in Hebrew; and the plural formation of the irregular noun "house" in Hebrew and Aramaic. This proposal also solves the long-standing problem of the etymology of the verb "to give" in North-West Semitic languages (NTN in Hebrew vs. YTN in Phoenician).

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halshs-00677816 , version 1 (09-03-2012)

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Romain Garnier, Guillaume Jacques. A neglected phonetic law: The assimilation of pretonic yod to a following coronal in North-West Semitic. Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies, 2012, 75 (1), pp.135-145. ⟨halshs-00677816⟩
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