Are There Grammatical Differences between the Language of Religious and Secular Jews?: Observations on a Morphophonological Aspect of Israeli Hebrew
Religious Jewish Hebrew speakers in Israel are accustomed to pray regularly, which might affect their language. The question is whether there is an apparent grammatical difference in their language as opposed to the language of secular Jewish people, who are not accustomed to prayer. In this article...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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The National Association of Professors of Hebrew
2011
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Hebrew studies
Year: 2011, Volume: 52, Issue: 1, Pages: 279-291 |
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| Summary: | Religious Jewish Hebrew speakers in Israel are accustomed to pray regularly, which might affect their language. The question is whether there is an apparent grammatical difference in their language as opposed to the language of secular Jewish people, who are not accustomed to prayer. In this article, I will examine the implementation of the vowel reduction rule in the language of the religious Jews in Israel in comparison to the language of the secular Jews. Furthermore, I will show that there are differences between the two groups only when reading sections of the prayer, and that the religious tend to a more accurate reading of part of the forms. On the other hand, it has been distinctly found that the reading common in prayer does not permeate into the ordinary natural speech of the religious speakers, and their grammar is formed similarly to that of their secular counterparts. |
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| ISSN: | 2158-1681 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Hebrew studies
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1353/hbr.2011.0005 |