Yael Reshef

Historical Continuity in the Emergence of Modern Hebrew (eBook, PDF)

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

Historical Continuity in the Emergence of Modern Hebrew offers a new perspective on the emergence processes of Modern Hebrew and its relationship to earlier forms of Hebrew. Based on a textual examination of select case studies of language use throughout the modernization of Hebrew, this book shows that due to the unconventional sociolinguistic circumstances in the budding speech community, linguistic processes did not necessarily evolve in a linear manner, blurring the distinction between true and apparent historical continuity. The emergent language's standardization involved the restructuring of linguistic habits that had initially taken root among the first speakers, often leading to a retreat from early contact-induced or non-classical phenomena. Yael Reshef demonstrates that as a result, superficial similarity to earlier forms of Hebrew did not necessarily stem from continuity, and deviation from canonical Hebrew features does not necessarily stem from change.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury eBooks US
• Seitenzahl: 1
• Erscheinungstermin: 13. November 2019
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781978749467
• Artikelnr.: 74397315

Autorenporträt

Yael Reshef is professor at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and a member of the Academy of the Hebrew Language.

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgments Chapter 1: History, Culture, and the Speech Community
Chapter 2: Emergent Modern Hebrew as a Distinct Linguistic Phase Chapter 3:
The Role of Inherited Non-Classical Elements in the Emergence of a
Colloquial Register Chapter 4: The Rise and Fall of Honorifics Chapter 5:
Adjective Grading - The Formation of a Paradigm Chapter 6: The
Standardization of Action Nouns Chapter 7: True and Apparent Continuity in
the Genesis of Modern Hebrew Bibliography