Grammaticalization and lexicalization of existential and possessive constructions in Hebrew
https://doi.org/10.28995/2686-7249-2019-7-11-32
Abstract
Usually Modern Hebrew is considered to be a non-habere language. Standard Hebrew requires a dative possessor, an existential “particle” (or a copula), and a possessee subject, whereas in colloquial language there exists a modified possessive construction. In fact this construction resembles in its structure the Standard Average European “habere-possessive” construction, since it consists of a dative possessor, a predicate-like marker (the former morphologized “particles” and copula), and a direct object as a possessee. It is suggested that the new construction is a result of a grammaticalization process, and that the latest forms found in the colloquial speech and in the Internet may even demonstrate lexicalization features.
About the Author
S. S. Belousov
Lomonosov Moscow State University
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Sergei S. Belousov – researcher, Institute of Asian and African Studies
bld. 11/1, Mokhovaya Str., Moscow, 125009
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Belousov S.S. Grammaticalization and lexicalization of existential and possessive constructions in Hebrew. RSUH/RGGU Bulletin: “Literary Teory. Linguistics. Cultural Studies”, Series. 2019;21(7):11-32. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.28995/2686-7249-2019-7-11-32
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