Alternating Smell in Modern Hebrew

Bar Avineri

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Abstract

Many studies on perception verbs have dealt with the typology and semantic properties of their clausal complements. Other studies have dealt with the lexical relatedness of different perception verbs with a common sensory modality. Bridging these two views, this work focuses on the Modern Hebrew verb le-hariax 'to smell', which alternates in the case-marking of the experiencer and in the type of complement clause, and on the semantic properties which accompany the alternation. The lexical relatedness between words with a common sensory base is expressed through morpho-syntactic means, shared with verbs of other sensory modalities, and these shed light on the linguistic manifestation of the sensory hierarchy and on the contribution of voice alternation within the field of perception.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationThe Linguistics of Olfaction
Subtitle of host publicationTypological and Diachronic Approaches to Synchronic Diversity
EditorsLukasz Jedrzejowski, Przemyslaw Staniewski
PublisherJohn Benjamins Publishing Company
Pages305-342
Number of pages38
ISBN (Electronic)9789027260178
DOIs
StatePublished - Jan 2021
Externally publishedYes

Publication series

NameTypological Studies in Language
Volume131
ISSN (Print)0167-7373

Keywords

  • Factivity
  • Indirect perception
  • Nominative vs. dative experiencer
  • Perception
  • Voice

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Language and Linguistics
  • Linguistics and Language

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