Historical Continuity in the Emergence of Modern Hebrew

Inbunden, Engelska, 2019

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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.

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Utgivningsdatum2019-11-13
Mått158 x 232 x 18 mm
Vikt408 g
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor150
FörlagBloomsbury Publishing Plc
ISBN9781498584494

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AcknowledgmentsChapter 1: History, Culture, and the Speech Community Chapter 2: Emergent Modern Hebrew as a Distinct Linguistic PhaseChapter 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 ParadigmChapter 6: The Standardization of Action NounsChapter 7: True and Apparent Continuity in the Genesis of Modern HebrewBibliography

This carefully researched, well-documented, and richly illustrated volume adds new and important insights into the puzzling question of the relationship between Modern Hebrew and its classical forebears (Biblical, Rabbinical, and Medieval) as representing change and/or continuity. The book will be of interest to Hebraists, general and Semitic linguists, and typologists, and its contents are accessible both to established scholars and to beginning students in these domains.