The Explanation of Homonymy in the Lexicon of Arabic

1. Some forgotten yet obvious points
I. Introduction
II. First series of facts: alternations involving glides and identical consonants
CjCiCi, CjW/YCi, CjCiW/Y, WCjCi
III. Second series of facts: presence/absence of a guttural
IV. Third series of facts: paradigms including two initial consonants
V. Fourth series of facts: presence/absence of r, m, n, in the initial position

2. The Theory of Matrices and Etymons
I. Introduction
II. The phonetic component of the matrix
III. Articulation of the notional fields

3. Homonymy
I. Understanding the problem
II. Explanations

4. The Explanation of Homonymy in the Theory of Matrices and Etymons 
I. Homonymy resulting from blending
II. Homonymy by realization of multiple matrices in one etymon
III. Homonymy due to the possibility of many etymonial analyses
IV. Case study: the radicals with initial n

5. Elaboration of the theory: levels of explanation
I. Introduction: l prefix or crement ?
II. Explanation through the identification of the parent matrix
III. Explanation through identification of the parent etymon

6. Case study: radicals with the initial l
I. laḥana
II. lasa'a
III. laṣafa and laṣifa
IV. lasaba and lasiba
V. laḥafa

7. Case study: radicals with initial m
I. Introduction: the status of the m
II. Two meanings
III. Three meanings
IV. Four meanings
V.  n meanings

8. Case study: radicals with an initial r
I. Introduction: the status of the r
II. Two meanings
III. Three meanings
IV. n meanings

9. Case study: radical with initial t
I. Introduction: the status of the initial t
II. n meanings

10. Case study: radical with initial s/š
I. The status of s and š
II. Two meanings
III. Three meanings
IV. n meanings

11. Consequence: the explanation of enantiosemy
I. The solution through blending
II. Case Study

Conclusion

Annex 1. Table of phonetic features
Annex 2. List of radicals analyzed in this work
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