The Grammaticalization of Bipartite Reciprocal Markers in Hebrew
Grammaticalization is generally viewed as a diachronic process of: lexical > grammatical and grammatical > more grammatical. This paper deals with the grammaticalization of bipartite reciprocal markers in Hebrew as a striking example of a process whereby lexically meaningful morphemes are grad...
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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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2011
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Hebrew studies
Year: 2011, Volume: 52, Issue: 1, Pages: 7-18 |
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| Summary: | Grammaticalization is generally viewed as a diachronic process of: lexical > grammatical and grammatical > more grammatical. This paper deals with the grammaticalization of bipartite reciprocal markers in Hebrew as a striking example of a process whereby lexically meaningful morphemes are gradually emptied of their content and become "function" elements (i.e., reciprocal pro-Nouns), forming an evolutional continuum from a less grammaticalized (i.e., less fossilized) category into a more grammaticalized one (i.e., that of bipartite reciprocal markers). It is argued here that Hebrew is notable in that its bipartite reciprocal markers demonstrate a less advanced stage of grammaticalization than their counterparts in many languages worldwide. |
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| ISSN: | 2158-1681 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Hebrew studies
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1353/hbr.2011.0003 |
