The Derivation of the Interrogative ה in hebrew
This article offers a new proposalfor the derivation of the interrogative ה. There have been numerous proposals for the derivation of the interrogative ה, but none have gained wide acceptance. Through internal reconstruction, I will demonstrate that the interrogative ה in Hebrew can be traced back t...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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2018
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Hebrew studies
Year: 2018, Volume: 59, Issue: 1, Pages: 25-38 |
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| Summary: | This article offers a new proposalfor the derivation of the interrogative ה. There have been numerous proposals for the derivation of the interrogative ה, but none have gained wide acceptance. Through internal reconstruction, I will demonstrate that the interrogative ה in Hebrew can be traced back to two forms, *ha- and *haC-. I propose *ha- is a common Central Semitic form that was inherited by Arabic, Hebrew, and Aramaic, but that *haC- is derivedfrom the particle *han-. *Han- is connected to a set of presentative particles (*hā, *han, *hal) that each independently developed into interrogatives in other Central Semitic languages. |
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| ISSN: | 2158-1681 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Hebrew studies
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1353/hbr.2018.0001 |
