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THE ARABIC COGNATES OR ORIGINS OF PLURAL MARKERS IN WORLD LANGUAGES: A RADICAL LINGUISTIC THEORY APPROACH Zaidan Ali Jassem
Indonesian EFL Journal Vol 1, No 2 (2015)
Publisher : University of Kuningan

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.25134/ieflj.v1i2.623

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This paper traces the Arabic origins of "plural markers" in world languages from a radical linguistic (or lexical root) theory perspective. The data comprises the main plural markers like cats/oxen in 60 world languages from 14 major and minor families- viz., Indo-European, Sino-Tibetan, Afro-Asiatic, Austronesian, Dravidian, Turkic, Mayan, Altaic (Japonic), Niger-Congo, Bantu, Uto-Aztec, Tai-Kadai, Uralic, and Basque, which constitute 60% of world languages and whose speakers make up 96% of world population. The results clearly show that plural markers, which are limited to a few markers in all languages comprised of –s/-as/-at, -en, -im, -a/-e/-i/-o/-u, and Ø, have true Arabic cognates with the same or similar forms and meanings, whose differences are due to natural and plausible causes and different routes of linguistic change. Therefore, the results reject the traditional classification of the Comparative Method and/or Family Tree Model of such languages into separate, unrelated families, supporting instead the adequacy of the radical linguistic theory according to which all world languages are related to one another, which eventually stemmed from a radical or root language which has been preserved almost intact in Arabic as the most conservative and productive language. In fact, Arabic can be safely said to be the radical language itself for, besides other linguistic features, sharing the plural cognates in this case with all the other languages alone.Keywords: Plurality, language families and relationships, radical world language, radical linguistic theory
AL-USHÛL AL-‘ARABIYYAH LI ASMÂ AL-ISYÂRAH FÎ LUGHÂT AL-‘ÂLAM MIN MANZHÛR NAZHARIYYAH JADZR AL-KALIMAH Zaidan Ali Jassem
Arabiyat : Jurnal Pendidikan Bahasa Arab dan Kebahasaaraban Arabiyat : Jurnal Pendidikan Bahasa Arab dan Kebahasaaraban | Vol. 5 No. 2 December 2018
Publisher : Syarif Hidayatullah State Islamic University of Jakarta, Indonesia

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | Full PDF (1010.355 KB) | DOI: 10.15408/a.v5i2.8936

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This paper aims to establish the Arabic cognates or origins of "demonstrative pronouns" in the world languages from a radical consonantal (lexical root) theory perspective. The data comprises key demonstrative pronouns like this, that in eleven major and minor families like Indo-European, Sino-Tibetan, Afro-Asiatic, Austronesian, Dravidian, Turkic, Mayan, Japonic, Niger-Congo, Uto-Aztec, and Tai-Kadai, which make up 60% of world languages and 96% of world population. The results showed that all such demonstrative pronouns have true Arabic cognates with the same or similar forms and meanings. Therefore, the results support the adequacy of the radical consonantal or lexical root theory according to which, unlike the Comparative Method and/or Family Tree Model, all world languages are related to one another. Thus, Arabic can be safely said to be the radical language itself to which all languages can be related for sharing demonstrative pronouns with all languages and for having a huge phonetic, morphological, grammatical, and lexical repertoire.
AL-USHÛL AL-‘ARABIYYAH LI ASMÂ AL-ISYÂRAH FÎ LUGHÂT AL-‘ÂLAM MIN MANZHÛR NAZHARIYYAH JADZR AL-KALIMAH Zaidan Ali Jassem
Arabiyat : Jurnal Pendidikan Bahasa Arab dan Kebahasaaraban Vol 5, No 2 (2018)
Publisher : Syarif Hidayatullah State Islamic University of Jakarta, Indonesia

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.15408/a.v5i2.8936

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This paper aims to establish the Arabic cognates or origins of "demonstrative pronouns" in the world languages from a radical consonantal (lexical root) theory perspective. The data comprises key demonstrative pronouns like this, that in eleven major and minor families like Indo-European, Sino-Tibetan, Afro-Asiatic, Austronesian, Dravidian, Turkic, Mayan, Japonic, Niger-Congo, Uto-Aztec, and Tai-Kadai, which make up 60% of world languages and 96% of world population. The results showed that all such demonstrative pronouns have true Arabic cognates with the same or similar forms and meanings. Therefore, the results support the adequacy of the radical consonantal or lexical root theory according to which, unlike the Comparative Method and/or Family Tree Model, all world languages are related to one another. Thus, Arabic can be safely said to be the radical language itself to which all languages can be related for sharing demonstrative pronouns with all languages and for having a huge phonetic, morphological, grammatical, and lexical repertoire.
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