Stress and vocalic change in Hebrew

A diachronic study

Bibliographic Data

ID10140545
AuthorsJ C L Gibson (University of Edinburgh, corresponding author)
Year1966
Volume2
Issue1
Pages35-56
Publication date1966-04-01
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of Linguistics (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0022-2267 • E-ISSN: 1469-7742
PublisherCambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1017/s0022226700001316
OpenAlexW2076569579
LanguageEN
Citations received1
References cited11

1. Three stages of Hebrew are covered by the enquiry: (a) a Proto-Hebrew stage (= PH), when I assume Hebrew to have conformed to the language structure of the common Northwest Semitic of the second millennium B.C. Its lineaments can be recovered by a backward reconstruction from the following stage controlled by comparison with the surviving second millennium dialects, Amorite (see Gelb, 1958), Ugaritic (see Gordon, 1955) and Tell el-Amarna Canaanite (see Dhorme, 1951). The theory that Northwest Semitic at this early period was more or less a unity and that a division into Aramaic and Canaanite sub-groupings can be safely carried through only after about 1000 B.C. is now generally accepted; see Moscati, 1956; Garbini, 1960

Ancient history · Arabic · Art · Hebrew · Linguistics · Literature · Semitic languages · Ancient Near East History · Classics · History · Linguistics and Cultural Studies · Linguistics and language evolution · Philosophy

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