The Development of the Biblical Hebrew Vowels

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1 Introduction
?1.1?Exceptionless Sound Laws
?1.2?Biblical Hebrew
?1.3?Proto-Northwest-Semitic
?1.4?Some Previous Approaches to the Question
?1.5?Assumptions and Methodology
?1.6?Outline and Conventions


2 Proto-Northwest-Semitic Phonology and Morphology
?2.1?Phonology
?2.2?Morphology


3 The Canaanite Shift
?3.1?Introduction
?3.2?Previous Suggestions
?3.3?Data
?3.4?Analysis
?3.5?Conclusion


4 Stress, Tonic, Pretonic, and Pausal Lengthening
?4.1?Introduction
?4.2?Stress
?4.3?Tonic Lengthening
?4.4?Pretonic Lengthening
?4.5?Pausal Lengthening
?4.6?Summary


5 Diphthongs and Triphthongs
?5.1?Introduction
?5.2?Diphthongs
?5.3?Triphthongs
?5.4?Summary


6 Philippi's Law and Other Cases of Stressed *i > *a
?6.1?Introduction
?6.2?Previous Suggestions
?6.3?Remaining Issues
?6.4?Conclusion


7 The Law of Attenuation and Other Cases of Unstressed *a > *i
?7.1?Introduction
?7.2?Previous Suggestions
?7.3?Remaining Issues
?7.4?Conclusion


8 Word-Final Vowels
?8.1?Introduction
?8.2?Previous Suggestions
?8.3?Word-Final Vowels on Pronominal Suffixes and Verbal Endings
?8.4?Conclusion


9 General Conclusion
?9.1?Combined Relative Chronology


Appendix: A Concise Historical Morphology of Biblical Hebrew
References
Index