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Usage-based studies in modern Hebrew : background, morpho-lexicon, and syntax /

"The goal of the volume is to shed fresh light on Modern Hebrew from perspectives aimed at readers interested in the domains of general linguistics, typology, and Semitic studies. Starting with chapters that provide background information on the evolution and sociolinguistic setting of the lang...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Berman, Ruth Aronson (Editor ), Dattner, Elitzur (Editor ), Grossman, Eitan (Editor ), Nir, Bracha (Editor ), Reshef, Yael (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : John Benjamins Publishing Company, [2019]
Colección:Studies in language companion series ; 210
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction / Ruth A. Berman and Elitzur Dattner
  • Part I. General background: 1. Setting Modern Hebrew in space, time, and culture / Eitan Grossman and Yael Reshef
  • 2. Historical overview of Modern Hebrew / Yael Reshef
  • 3. Genetic affiliation / Aaron Rubin
  • 4. Sociolinguistics of Modern Hebrew / Roni Henkin
  • 5. Prescriptive activity in Modern Hebrew / Uri Mor
  • 6. Notes on Modern Hebrew phonology and orthography / Stav Klein
  • Part II. Morpho-lexicon: 7. Inflection / Ora R. Schwarzwald
  • 8. Derivation / Dorit Ravid
  • 9. Parts of speech categories in the lexicon of Modern Hebrew / Shmuel Bolotzky and Ruth A. Berman
  • 10. Voice distinctions / Dana Taube
  • 11. Nominalizations / Ruth A. Berman
  • Part III. Syntax: 12. Agreement alternations in Modern Hebrew / Nurit Melnik
  • 13. Transitivity and valence / Rivka Halevy
  • 14. Genitive (smixut) constructions in Modern Hebrew / Ruth A. Berman
  • 15. Impersonal and pseudo-impersonal constructions / Rivka Halevy
  • 16. Negation in Modern Hebrew / Leon Shor
  • 17. List constructions / Anna Inbar
  • 18 A usage-based typology of Modern Hebrew syntax: How Semitic? / Bracha Nir
  • Appendix: Transcription, transliteration, Hebrew-specific coding
  • Index.