The schizoid nature of modern Hebrew : a Slavic language in search of a Semitic past /
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| Author / Creator: | Wexler, Paul |
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| Imprint: | Wiesbaden : O. Harrassowitz, 1990. |
| Description: | 146 p. ; 24 cm. |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Mediterranean language and culture monograph series, 0179-1621 ; v. 4 Mediterranean language and culture monograph series v. 4 |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/1582849 |
| Summary: | Hebrew is regarded as a former living language which ceased to be a native language 1800 years ago, only to be given a spoken function anew in the late 19th century. Since the re-acquisition of a lost colloquial function has never been documented, Modern Hebrew has become an object of fascination among linguists and laymen alike.In this book the author claims- Modern Hebrew is not a direct continuation of monolingual Semitic Hebrew- Modern Hebrew was created when Yiddish speaker re-lexified their language to Biblical and Mishnaic Hebrew- Yiddish is a Slavic language, derived from Sorbian and thus, Modern Hebrew is a Slavic LanguageThese claims raise a number of interesting questions: why do most speakers believe that Modern Hebrew is a Semitic language, what are the contributions of Modern Hebrew to the typology of diglossia, historical and genetic linguistics, universal grammar, 2nd language acquisition and political science? |
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| Physical Description: | 146 p. ; 24 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (p. [133]-146). |
| ISBN: | 3447030631 |
| ISSN: | 0179-1621 ; |