[b-hebrew] Chomsky and Hebrew
Uri Hurwitz
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Fri Jun 19 20:41:27 EDT 2009
Well and good and debatable.The whole thread deals with Modern Hebrew.
But what has all of this to do with B-Hebrew?
Uri Hurwitz Wilmington, VT
Chomsky is talking about adapting; about the fact that Hebrew is/was influenced by other languages.
Angel Badillos, A History of the Hebrew Language, page 277:
"Corresponding to the various stages of its revival, Hebrew was first influenced predominantly by the Slavic languages, replaced later by German, and eventually, and more decisively, English, though we should not forget the role played by French and Spanish, the native languages of many of the Jews now living in Israel. The aspects of IH that have probably been most affected by such influences are syntax and vocabulary, and it is these that have changed the most in comparison with the classical language.
Nonetheless, it needs to be emphasized that the means of expression inherited by IH, as well as the basic nucleus of its morphology and syntax, are clearly Semitic in origin."
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