The change in Hebrew from a V-framed to an S-framed Language
The paper discusses a change in the typological profile of Hebrew
in terms of lexicalization patterns. These patterns concern the way in which
the conceptual components of event descriptions of motion or change are
distributed across morpho-syntactic categories when they include in addition in addition a
specification of manner in the same nuclear clause. V-framed languages
require the verb to express the motion or change, and manner, if expressed,
must be expressed otherwise. S-framed languages allow the verb to express
the manner and the motion or change to be expressed by a satellite such as a
prepositional phrase. Biblical Hebrew is shown to have properties of V-framed
languages, while Modern Hebrew shows properties of S-framed languages. The
article shows that Hebrew first developed a locative/directional
distinction, allowing manner verbs of a variety of sorts to appear with
directional phrases. More recently, constructions with non-subcategorized
objects have begun to appear. The article shows that these constructions
developed from reanalyses of Classical Hebrew collocations.
Article outline
- 1.Introduction
- 2.Complex motion event descriptions – A typology
- 3.Factors contributing to V- and S-framedness
- 3.1Lexical factors
- 3.2Compositional factors
- 4.Biblical Hebrew
- 4.1Lexical factors
- 4.2Compositional factors
- 5.Modern Hebrew
- 5.1Lexical factors
- 5.2Compositional factors
- 6.Further S-framed properties in MH
- 7.Historical development
- 8.Conclusion
-
Acknowledgments
-
Notes
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