Language contact, continuity and change in the genesis of modern Hebrew /

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Imprint:	Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : John Benjamins Publishing Company, [2019]
Description:	viii, 390 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.
Language:	English
Series:	Linguistik aktuell/Linguistics today (LA), 0166-0829 ; volume 256 Linguistik aktuell ; Bd. 256.
Subject:	Hebrew language -- Israel -- Spoken Hebrew. Hebrew language -- Syntax. Languages in contact -- Israel. Hebrew language -- 20th century. Hebrew language -- Foreign elements. Sociolinguistics -- Israel. Hebrew language -- Revival. Hebrew language. Hebrew language -- Foreign elements. Hebrew language -- Revival. Hebrew language -- Spoken Hebrew. Hebrew language -- Syntax. Languages in contact. Sociolinguistics. Israel.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11951663

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Other authors / contributors:	Doron, Edit, editor. Hovav, Malka Rappaport, editor. Reshef, Yael, editor. Taube, Moshe, editor.
ISBN:	9789027203274 902720327X 9789027262431
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary:	The emergence of Modern Hebrew as a spoken language constitutes a unique event in modern history: a language which for generations only existed in the written mode underwent a process popularly called "revival", acquiring native speakers and becoming a language spoken for everyday use. Despite the attention it has drawn, this particular case of language- shift, which differs from the better-documented cases of creoles and mixed languages, has not been discussed within the framework of the literature on contact-induced change. The linguistic properties of the process have not been systematically studied, and the status of the emergent language as a (dis)continuous stage of its historical sources has not been evaluated in the context of other known cases of language shift. The present collection presents detailed case studies of the syntactic evolution of Modern Hebrew, alongside general theoretical discussion, with the aim of bringing the case of Hebrew to the attention of language-contact scholars, while bringing the insights of the literature on language contact to help shed light on the case of Hebrew.
Other form:	Online version: Language contact, continuity and change in the genesis of modern Hebrew Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : John Benjamins Publishing Company, [2019] 9789027262431

Table of Contents:

1. Introduction
1. Acknowledgement and Preface
2. The\limits of multiple-source contact influence
3. Existential possessive modality in the emergence of Modern Hebrew
4. The\derivation of a concessive from an aspectual adverb by reanalysis in Modern Hebrew
5. Why did the future form of the verb displace the imperative form in the informal register of Modern Hebrew?
6. The\change in Hebrew from a V-framed to an S-framed Language
7. From written to spoken usage
8. Language change, prescriptive language, and spontaneous speech in Modern Hebrew
9. The\biblical sources of Modern Hebrew syntax
10. Can there be language continuity in language contact?
11. Our creolized tongues
12. Why do children lead contact-induced language change in some contexts but not others?
13. Variation and conventionalization in language emergence
14. "Mame Loshen"
15. Index

Language contact, continuity and change in the genesis of modern Hebrew /

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