Irena Botwinik-Rotem

List of John Benjamins publications for which Irena Botwinik-Rotem plays a role.

Articles

Botwinik-Rotem, Irena 2008 Object gap constructions: Externalization and operator movementCurrent Issues in Generative Hebrew Linguistics, Armon-Lotem, Sharon, Gabi Danon and Susan Rothstein (eds.), pp. 77–104 | Article
The embedded constituent of Hebrew object gap constructions (e.g., the Tough Construction) is nominal rather than verbal, introduced obligatorily by the prepositional element le- (to). I show that the gap in Hebrew is unlikely to be created by Op-movement. Rather, based on the properties of the… read more
Botwinik-Rotem, Irena 2008 Why are they different? An exploration of Hebrew locative PPsSyntax and Semantics of Spatial P, Asbury, Anna, Jakub Dotlačil, Berit Gehrke and Rick Nouwen (eds.), pp. 331–364 | Article
Botwinik-Rotem, Irena 2008 A closer look at the Hebrew Construct and free locative PPs: The analysis of mi-locativesAdpositions: Pragmatic, semantic and syntactic perspectives, Kurzon, Dennis and Silvia Adler (eds.), pp. 85–114 | Article
Most Hebrew locative P(reposition)s are directly followed by their complement. However, the complement of Hebrew locatives prefixed by mi, referred to here as mi‑locatives (e.g. mixuc “outside”) often, but not always, is introduced by the light P le. Taking direct complementation to be an instance… read more