A Constructional Idiom in Modern Hebrew

The Influence of English on a Native Hebrew Collocation

Bibliographic Data

ID17823947
AuthorsMalka Rappaport Hovav (0000-0003-1354-4130, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, corresponding author)
Year2015
Volume3
Issue1-2
Pages325-336
Publication date2015-10-16
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of Jewish Languages (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 2213-4387 • E-ISSN: 2213-4638
PublisherBrill (PUBLISHER • NL)
DOI10.1163/22134638-12340050
OpenAlexW2215895129
LanguageEN
Citations received1
References cited13

This article discusses a constructional idiom that has developed in recent Modern Hebrew, based on the Classical Hebrew collocation expressing the committing of suicide, with the verb replaced by an open position that can be filled by a wide range of verbs. It is argued that the development of the idiom involved a syntactic re-analysis of the original collocation whereby the pp is reanalyzed as a result pp and the reflexive is analyzed as a non-subcategorized np . It is suggested that the idiom developed under the influence of a similar productive construction in English. The interpretation of the constructional idiom is briefly explored and comparison is made with another constructional idiom based on a group of native collocations under the influence of English

Hebrew · Linguistics · Verb · Computer Science · History · Language, Linguistics, Cultural Analysis · Lexicography and Language Studies · Philosophy · Syntax, Semantics, Linguistic Variation

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