Existentials and possessives in Modern Hebrew

Variation and change

Datos Bibliográficos

ID20381237
AutoresNurit Melnik (0000-0002-0610-915X, Open University of Israel, autor de correspondencia)
Año2018
Volumen42
Número2
Páginas389-417
Fecha de publicación2018-06-06
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessNo
TipoARTICLE
RevistaStudies in Language (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0378-4177 • E-ISSN: 1569-9978
EditorialJohn Benjamins Publishing Company (PUBLISHER • NL)
DOI10.1075/sl.17041.mel
OpenAlexW2807555280
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas1
Referencias citadas22

This paper considers the relationship between synchronic variation and language change in the context of the existential and possessive constructions in Modern Hebrew, which exhibit a normative – colloquial alternation. The study examines usage patterns across age groups and time periods, as represented in spoken-language corpora. It shows that the non-normative construction is used extensively in the contemporary speech of adults. Moreover, a comparison of the use of the normative – colloquial alternations by two populations, children and adults, in different time periods, provides evidence to suggest that these constructions are undergoing language change. A cross-linguistic perspective lends additional support: across languages the expression of existence involves non-canonical structures, which are particularly susceptible to language variation and, possibly, language change

Grammaticalization · Hebrew · Language change · Linguistics · Normative · Possessive · Computer Science · History · Linguistic Variation and Morphology · Multilingual Education and Policy · Philosophy · Psychology · Syntax, Semantics, Linguistic Variation · Artificial Intelligence