Grammatical Gender in the Early Modern Hasidic Hebrew Tale

This paper offers the first analysis of grammatical gender in nineteenth and early twentieth century Hasidic Hebrew hagiographic tales. Hasidic Hebrew grammatical gender is noteworthy because it exhibits conspicuous differences from that of other historical forms of Hebrew, including non-standard no...

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Main Author: Kahn, Lily (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: The National Association of Professors of Hebrew 2013
In: Hebrew studies
Year: 2013, Volume: 54, Issue: 1, Pages: 133-165
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Summary:This paper offers the first analysis of grammatical gender in nineteenth and early twentieth century Hasidic Hebrew hagiographic tales. Hasidic Hebrew grammatical gender is noteworthy because it exhibits conspicuous differences from that of other historical forms of Hebrew, including non-standard noun and pronoun gender as well as widespread noun-adjective and subject-verb gender discord. While these phenomena initially appear highly erratic, examination suggests that in most cases the seemingly inconsistent usages are actually governed by relatively regular patterns, many of them phonetic. These trends underscore the need to re-evaluate Hasidic Hebrew as an independent linguistic system with its own grammatical conventions.
ISSN:2158-1681
Contains:Enthalten in: Hebrew studies
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1353/hbr.2013.0010