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- Title
THE GRAMMATICALIZATION OF BIPARTITE RECIPROCAL MARKERS IN HEBREW.
- Authors
Halevy, Rivka
- Abstract
Grammaticalization is generally viewed as a diachronic process of: lexical > grammatical and grammatical > more grammatical. This paper deals with the grammaticalization of bipartite reciprocal markers in Hebrew as a striking example of a process whereby lexically meaningful morphemes are gradually emptied of their content and become "function" elements (i.e., reciprocal pro- Nouns), forming an evolutional continuum from a less grammaticalized (i.e., less fossilized) category into a more grammaticalized one (i.e., that of bipartite reciprocal markers). It is argued here that Hebrew is notable in that its bipartite reciprocal markers demonstrate a less advanced stage of grammaticalization than their counterparts in many languages worldwide.
- Subjects
GRAMMATICALIZATION; GRAMMATICALITY (Linguistics); HEBREW language; MORPHEMICS; LEXICOGRAPHY; NOUNS; GRAMMAR
- Publication
Hebrew Studies, 2011, Vol 52, p7
- ISSN
0146-4094
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1353/hbr.2011.0003