On Adnominalization of Prepositional Phrases and Adverbs in Semitic

In this paper we have addressed the pattern *ðv̄- + prepositional clause/adverb in the Semitic languages. Formerly there were two approaches to explain this pattern: We have contested these analyses by the following arguments, respectively: We further suggested that the pattern is not a sentence but rather an apposition to its antecedent which functions as an ad-nominal attribute. This is in agreement with both the pronoun's original function, i.e. a determinative, and with the syntax of attribution in the attested Semitic languages.