Abstract
Existential and possessive constructions with a definite NP marked as object appear in both spoken and written Modern Hebrew. This paper ascribes their appearance to negative existential and possessive constructions with genitive accusative in Slavic languages (Polish, Russian, Ukrainian). These were reinterpreted in Yiddish as accusative and subsequently calqued by bilingual speakers of Modern Hebrew in the first generations of its emergence as a spoken language.
Original language | English |
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Title of host publication | Language Contact and the Development of Modern Hebrew |
Editors | Edit Doron |
Publisher | Brill Academic Publishers |
Pages | 25-35 |
Number of pages | 11 |
ISBN (Electronic) | 9789004302006 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - 2016 |
Publication series
Name | Studies in Semitic Languages and Linguistics |
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Volume | 84 |
ISSN (Print) | 0081-8461 |
Bibliographical note
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Keywords
- Calques
- Existential constructions
- Possessive constructions
- Structural borrowing