RT Article
T1 The Grammaticalization of Bipartite Reciprocal Markers in Hebrew
JF Hebrew studies
VO 52
IS 1
SP 7
OP 18
A1 Halevy, Rivka
LA English
YR 2011
UL https://ixtheo.de/Record/1798052016
AB 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.
DO 10.1353/hbr.2011.0003