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| What Is a Root? The State of the Art (1940-2006) | p. 5 |
| General Survey | p. 5 |
| Thematic Studies | p. 7 |
| Appraisal | p. 13 |
| The Structure of the Semitic Root: General Problems | p. 16 |
| The History of Research | p. 16 |
| Radical Vocalism | p. 23 |
| Appraisal | p. 25 |
| The (Proto-)Semitic Consonantal System | p. 31 |
| The Semitic Perspective | p. 31 |
| The Afro-Asiatic Perspective | p. 38 |
| Incompatibility | p. 39 |
| The OCP (Obligatory Contour Principle) | p. 42 |
| Appraisal | p. 43 |
| Excursus: A new diagram of Semitic phonology | p. 47 |
| The Problem of Bi/Triliteralism | p. 53 |
| The History of Research | p. 53 |
| Appraisal | p. 78 |
| Comparative and Etymological Semitic Lexicography | p. 87 |
| Aspects of Theory and Method (etymology, comparative study, reconstruction) | p. 87 |
| Projects and Achievements | p. 106 |
| Appraisal | p. 111 |
| Endnotes | p. 127 |
| Bibliography | p. 158 |
| Glossary | p. 180 |
| Specified Tablet of Contents | p. 185 |
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