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Current issues in generative Hebrew linguistics / edited by Sharon Armon-Lotem, Gabi Danon, Susan Rothstein.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Linguistik aktuell ; Bd. 134.Publication details: Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : John Benjamins Pub., ©2008.Description: 1 online resource (vi, 393 pages) : illustrationsContent type:
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  • 9789027289650
  • 9027289654
  • 1282104713
  • 9781282104716
  • 9786612104718
  • 6612104716
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Current issues in generative Hebrew linguistics.DDC classification:
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  • PJ4707 .C87 2008eb
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Contents:
Current Issues in Generative Hebrew Linguistics; Editorial page ; Title page ; LCC data ; Table of contents; Acknowledgement; Current issues in Generative Hebrew Linguistics; 1 Overview; 1.1 The structure of the lexicon and derivational morphology; 1.2 Features, agreement and inflectional morphology; 1.2.1 Tense, subject-verb agreement and the realization of subjects; 1.2.2 Features and agreement in the pronominal system; 1.2.3 Agreement in other domains and the distribution of features; 1.3 The grammaticalization of semantic and pragmatic distinctions; 1.4 Summary; 2 The papers; References.
Part 1. The structure of the lexicon Morphologically conditioned V-Ø alternation in Hebrew; 1. Introduction; 2. Paradigmatic relations; 2.1 Noun idiosyncrasies: Evidence for a lexical base; 2.1.1 Selection of inflectional suffixes; 2.1.2 Stress; 2.2 Adjectives, participles, and verbs; 2.2.1 Verbs: Evidence for OO relation; 2.2.2 Participles: Evidence for OO relation; 3. V-Ø alternation; 3.1 A historical perspective and learnability; 3.2 Descriptive generalizations; 3.3 An Optimality Theoretic analysis; 3.3.1 The trigger of V-Ø alternation; 3.3.2 Verbs; 3.3.3 Participles and adjectives.
3.3.4 Nouns3.3.5 Category specific phonology; 4. Concluding remarks; References; The special status of nif'al in Hebrew; 1. Introduction; 2. The structural uniqueness of nif'al; 2.1 The syllabic structures of nif'al within the verb system; 2.2 Tense distribution; 2.3 Morphophonemic alternations; 2.3.1 Resemblance to passive templates; 2.3.2 Resemblance to non-passive templates; 3. The semantic load of nif'al; 3.1 Real passive and pseudo-passive; 3.2 Hitpa'el and nif'al resemblance; 4. In conclusion; References; Object gap constructions; Externalization and operator movement*; 1 Introduction.
2 Hebrew object gap nominal: Externalization2.1 The properties of the object gap nominal; 2.2 Previous analyses; 2.3 Formation of object gap nominals; 2.4 Accounting for the properties of object gap nominals; 3 English object gap constituent: Op-movement; 3.1 to" is not T; 3.2 No subject position; 3.3 Predicate formation; 3.4 The consequences; 4 Object gap constituents in the TCs: Formation of the complex AP predicate; 4.1 The complex tough predicate; 4.2 Supporting evidence; 5 Concluding remarks; References; Active lexicon; Adjectival and verbal passives*; 1 Introduction.
2 Adjectival versus verbal passives2.1 Diagnostics; 2.2 The subject: Internal or external?; 3 Two gaps in the passive system; 3.1 Adjectival but no verbal passive; 3.2 No verbal and no adjectival passive; 4 The solution: lexicon vs. syntax; 4.1 Two types of unaccusatives; 4.1.1 Underived vs. decausative unaccusatives; 4.1.2 Against other views; 4.2 Verbal passives; 5 Additional evidence: idioms and semantic drift; 6 Adjectival passives and adjectival de-causatives; 6.1 Adjectival passives and adjectival decausatives in Hebrew; 6.2 Locus of derivation.
Summary: This volume presents a collection of specially commissioned papers devoted to analyzing the linguistics of Modern Hebrew from a number of perspectives. Various aspects of Modern Hebrew grammar are discussed including the structure of the lexicon, grammati.
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This volume presents a collection of specially commissioned papers devoted to analyzing the linguistics of Modern Hebrew from a number of perspectives. Various aspects of Modern Hebrew grammar are discussed including the structure of the lexicon, grammati.

Current Issues in Generative Hebrew Linguistics; Editorial page ; Title page ; LCC data ; Table of contents; Acknowledgement; Current issues in Generative Hebrew Linguistics; 1 Overview; 1.1 The structure of the lexicon and derivational morphology; 1.2 Features, agreement and inflectional morphology; 1.2.1 Tense, subject-verb agreement and the realization of subjects; 1.2.2 Features and agreement in the pronominal system; 1.2.3 Agreement in other domains and the distribution of features; 1.3 The grammaticalization of semantic and pragmatic distinctions; 1.4 Summary; 2 The papers; References.

Part 1. The structure of the lexicon Morphologically conditioned V-Ø alternation in Hebrew; 1. Introduction; 2. Paradigmatic relations; 2.1 Noun idiosyncrasies: Evidence for a lexical base; 2.1.1 Selection of inflectional suffixes; 2.1.2 Stress; 2.2 Adjectives, participles, and verbs; 2.2.1 Verbs: Evidence for OO relation; 2.2.2 Participles: Evidence for OO relation; 3. V-Ø alternation; 3.1 A historical perspective and learnability; 3.2 Descriptive generalizations; 3.3 An Optimality Theoretic analysis; 3.3.1 The trigger of V-Ø alternation; 3.3.2 Verbs; 3.3.3 Participles and adjectives.

3.3.4 Nouns3.3.5 Category specific phonology; 4. Concluding remarks; References; The special status of nif'al in Hebrew; 1. Introduction; 2. The structural uniqueness of nif'al; 2.1 The syllabic structures of nif'al within the verb system; 2.2 Tense distribution; 2.3 Morphophonemic alternations; 2.3.1 Resemblance to passive templates; 2.3.2 Resemblance to non-passive templates; 3. The semantic load of nif'al; 3.1 Real passive and pseudo-passive; 3.2 Hitpa'el and nif'al resemblance; 4. In conclusion; References; Object gap constructions; Externalization and operator movement*; 1 Introduction.

2 Hebrew object gap nominal: Externalization2.1 The properties of the object gap nominal; 2.2 Previous analyses; 2.3 Formation of object gap nominals; 2.4 Accounting for the properties of object gap nominals; 3 English object gap constituent: Op-movement; 3.1 to" is not T; 3.2 No subject position; 3.3 Predicate formation; 3.4 The consequences; 4 Object gap constituents in the TCs: Formation of the complex AP predicate; 4.1 The complex tough predicate; 4.2 Supporting evidence; 5 Concluding remarks; References; Active lexicon; Adjectival and verbal passives*; 1 Introduction.

2 Adjectival versus verbal passives2.1 Diagnostics; 2.2 The subject: Internal or external?; 3 Two gaps in the passive system; 3.1 Adjectival but no verbal passive; 3.2 No verbal and no adjectival passive; 4 The solution: lexicon vs. syntax; 4.1 Two types of unaccusatives; 4.1.1 Underived vs. decausative unaccusatives; 4.1.2 Against other views; 4.2 Verbal passives; 5 Additional evidence: idioms and semantic drift; 6 Adjectival passives and adjectival de-causatives; 6.1 Adjectival passives and adjectival decausatives in Hebrew; 6.2 Locus of derivation.

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