Robert R. Ratcliffe

List of John Benjamins publications in which Robert R. Ratcliffe is involved.

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The “Broken” Plural Problem in Arabic and Comparative Semitic: Allomorphy and analogy in non-concatenative morphology

Robert R. Ratcliffe

The formal aspects of non-concatenative morphology have received considerable attention in recent years, but the diachronic dimensions of such systems have been little explored. The current work applies a modern methodological and theoretical framework to a classic problem in Arabic and Semitic… read more

[Current Issues in Linguistic Theory, 168] 1998. xii, 261 pp.

Perspectives on Arabic Linguistics: Papers from the Annual Symposium on Arabic Linguistics. Volume X: Salt Lake City, 1996

Edited by Mushira Eid and Robert R. Ratcliffe

The papers in this volume are a selection of papers presented at the 10th Annual Symposium on Arabic Linguistics (Salt Lake City, 1-3 March 1996). The contributions are:Remarks on Focus in Standard Arabic: Jamal Ouhalla;Definiteness Realization and Function in Palestinian Arabic: Dina Belyayeva;… read more

[Current Issues in Linguistic Theory, 153] 1997. vii, 296 pp.

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Ratcliffe, Robert R. 2012 On calculating the reliability of the comparative method at long and medium distances: Afroasiatic comparative lexica as a test case Journal of Historical Linguistics 2:2, pp. 239–281 | Article

The high degree of contradiction and incompatibility between two independently produced Afroasiatic comparative lexica (Ehret 1995, Orel & Stolbova 1995) calls into question the reliability of the comparative method at deep time depths. The discrepancy could only have arisen if one or both sources… read more

Ratcliffe, Robert R. 2011 A preliminary analysis of Arabic derived verbs in the Leeds Quran Corpus – With special reference to Stem III (CaaCaC) Corpus-based Analysis and Diachronic Linguistics, Kawaguchi, Yuji, Makoto Minegishi and Wolfgang Viereck (eds.), pp. 189–201 | Article

Ratcliffe, Robert R. 2005 Semi-Productivity and Valence Marking in Arabic: The So-Called “verbal themes” Corpus-Based Approaches to Sentence Structures, Takagaki, Toshihiro, Susumu Zaima, Yoichiro Tsuruga, Francisco Moreno-Fernández and Yuji Kawaguchi (eds.), pp. 179–190 | Article

Ratcliffe, Robert R. 2003 The historical dynamics of the Arabic plural system: Implications for the theory of morphology Research in Afroasiatic Grammar II: Selected papers from the Fifth Conference on Afroasiatic Languages, Paris, 2000, Lecarme, Jacqueline (ed.), pp. 339–362 | Article

Ratcliffe, Robert R. 2002 The Broken Plural System of Moroccan Arabic: Diachronic and cognitive perspectives Perspectives on Arabic Linguistics: Papers from the Annual Symposium on Arabic Linguistics, Parkinson, Dilworth B. and Elabbas Benmamoun (eds.), pp. 87–109 | Article

Ratcliffe, Robert R. 2001 What do “phonemic” writing systems represent? Arabic Huruuf, Japanese Kana, and the Moraic Principle Written Language & Literacy 4:1, pp. 1–14 | Article

The traditional classification of phonemic writing systems into three types — syllabaries, consonantal scripts, and alphabets — is based on a phonological theory which recognizes only the syllable and the segment as potential units of representation. It is argued here that an accurate typology of… read more

Ratcliffe, Robert R. 1997 Prosodic Templates in a Word-Based Morphological Analysis of Arabic Perspectives on Arabic Linguistics: Papers from the Annual Symposium on Arabic Linguistics, Eid, Mushira and Robert R. Ratcliffe (eds.), pp. 147–172 | Article

Ratcliffe, Robert R. 1990 Arabic Broken Plurals: Arguments for a two-fold classification of morphology Perspectives on Arabic Linguistics: Papers from the Annual Symposium on Arabic Linguistics, Eid, Mushira and John McCarthy (eds.), pp. 94–119 | Article