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The schizoid nature of Modern Hebrew: A Slavic language in search of a Semitic past

Produktform: Buch / Einband - flex.(Paperback)

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 Language These 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?weiterlesen

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Sprache(n): Englisch

ISBN: 978-3-447-03063-2 / 978-3447030632 / 9783447030632

Verlag: Harrassowitz Verlag

Erscheinungsdatum: 30.11.1989

Seiten: 146

Auflage: 1

Autor(en): Paul Wexler

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