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- Publisher
- National Association of Professors of Hebrew
- ISSN
- 2158-1681
Abstract
Grammaticalization is generally viewed as a diachronic process of: <i>lexical > grammatical</i> and <i>grammatical</i> > <i>more grammatical</i>. 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.
Journal
Hebrew Studies – National Association of Professors of Hebrew
Published: Feb 5, 2012