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The Gender Challenge of Hebrew is the first book to delve in depth into gender representation over the 3,000-year history of Hebrew. Malka Muchnik analyses the grammatical characteristics of gender, reveals social and cultural issues reflected, and presents challenges for achieving change.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Muchnik, Malka
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Hebrew
Publicado: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, ©2015.
Colección:Brill reference library of Judaism ; v. 42.
Temas:
Hebrew language > Gender.
Hebrew language > Sex differences.
FOREIGN LANGUAGE STUDY > Arabic.
Hebrew language > Gender
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Machine generated contents note: 1. Introduction
  • Language and Gender as a Cultural and Social Problem
  • Initial Studies on Language and Gender
  • Is Gender a Grammatical or Semantic Issue?
  • Symbolization and Language Organization
  • Gender Markedness
  • Gender Markedness in Natural Languages
  • Gender Markedness in Constructed Languages
  • Grammatical Gender in Hebrew
  • Feminine Markedness and Derivation
  • Grammatical Gender of Animate and Inanimate Nouns
  • Grammatical Gender of Numerals
  • Semantic Impact on Gender
  • Language and Gender Representation
  • Gender and Brain Representation
  • Gender and the Speech Community
  • Language and Gender Research
  • Linguistic Changes in Gender
  • 2. Language and Gender in Classical Hebrew
  • General Remarks
  • Gender in the Bible
  • Men and Women's Representation in Biblical Terms
  • Women's Status in the Bible
  • Women and Leadership in the Bible
  • Gender Proverbs in the Bible
  • Grammatical Gender in Biblical Hebrew
  • Gender Shifting of Pronouns and Inflected Prepositions
  • Gender Shifting of Verbs, Participles and Copulas
  • Gender Shifting and Special Cases of Nouns
  • Differences in Forms of Address
  • Gender in Mishnaic Times
  • Grammatical Gender in Mishnaic Hebrew
  • Women's Status in Mishnaic Period
  • Mishnaic Stories about Women
  • Gender in the Middle Ages
  • Grammatical Gender in Medieval Hebrew
  • Women's Status in Medieval Times
  • 3. Language, Gender and Religion
  • Men and Women in Judaism
  • Women and the Study of Religious Texts
  • Expectation for Women to Remain Silent
  • Jewish Women's Status Over the Course of Time
  • Linguistic Terms for Religious Functions
  • Jewish Ceremonies
  • Birth Ceremonies and Prayers
  • Bar Mitzvah and Bat Mitzvah Ceremonies
  • Wedding Ceremony
  • Special Religious Texts for Women
  • Religious Texts Written by Women
  • Feminist Changes in Judaism
  • Language Changes in Liturgical Texts
  • Blessing for Not Being Created a Woman?
  • Adding the Names of the Matriarchs
  • Alternative Names for God
  • Mentioning Women in Ceremonies
  • 4. Gender in Modern Literature and Language
  • First Women Writers in Hebrew
  • Special Female Genres and Style
  • Special Women's Literature?
  • Women Writers in Israel
  • Hebrew Revitalization and Gender
  • Father Tongue or Mother Tongue?
  • Women Writers Entering the Canon
  • Gendered Language in Literature
  • Social Reasons for Linguistic Differences
  • Gender Distinctions in Hebrew
  • Gender in the Number System
  • Gender in Animal Names
  • Androcentric Generics
  • Gender Saliency and Discrepancy
  • Gender Perceptions in the Language
  • Gender and Metaphoric Uniqueness
  • Stereotypes Reflected in the Language
  • Popular Gendered Expressions
  • 5. Gender Changes in the Language
  • Language Change or Social Change?
  • Different Types of Linguistic Changes
  • Applying Linguistic Changes
  • Changes in Constructed Languages
  • Grammatical Changes in Hebrew
  • Changes in Forms of Address
  • Morphological Changes
  • Lexical and Semantic Changes
  • Changes in Professional and Occupational Titles
  • Masculine Use for Female Occupations
  • Masculine Fixed Expressions in Hebrew
  • Gender Use in Proper Names
  • Gender Changes in Proper Names
  • Switching Linguistic Gender
  • Language, Gender and Sexuality
  • Hebrew Terms Referring to Homosexuality
  • 6. Summary and Conclusions
  • Problem of Language and Gender
  • Gender Problem in Hebrew
  • Gender in Hebrew throughout History
  • Gender Representation in Judaism
  • Gender in Modern Language and Literature
  • Gender Changes in Modern Hebrew
  • Conclusions.

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