| The Schizoid Nature of Modern Hebrew: A Slavic Language in Search of a Semitic Past 1., Print on De Edition Contributor(s): Wexler, Paul (Author) |
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ISBN: 3447030631 ISBN-13: 9783447030632 Publisher: Harrassowitz OUR PRICE: $47.50 Product Type: Paperback Published: December 1990 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Language Arts & Disciplines | Linguistics - General - Foreign Language Study | Hebrew |
| Dewey: 492.401 |
| LCCN: 91167008 |
| Series: Mediterranean Language and Culture Monograph |
| Physical Information: 146 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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? |