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The iconicity of focus and existence in Modern Hebrew

  • Yishai Tobin

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Abstract

The Μfocus marker in Modern Hebrew will be analyzed from a sign-oriented perspective with regard to its paradigmatic and syntagmatic distribution in (a) selected "existential" paradigms, (b) as an alternative kind of "object marker" in complex "verb phrases," and (c) from the point of view of its appearance and/or nonappearance with regard to the categories of "person " and "number." A direct connection between the extralinguistic substance of the message being communicated and its iconic reflection in the order of the linguistic signs and their appearance and/or nonappearance in pronominal paradigms will be discussed in particular.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationSyntactic Iconicity and Linguistic Freezes
Subtitle of host publicationThe Human Dimension
Publisherde Gruyter
Pages177-188
Number of pages12
ISBN (Electronic)9783110882926
ISBN (Print)9783110142273
DOIs
StatePublished - 1 Jan 2011

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • General Arts and Humanities
  • General Social Sciences

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