Biblical Hebrew Forum

[decaen AT origin.chass.utoronto.ca (Vincent DeCaen)]

dear friends,

i haven't been able to read carefully the discussion so far re VSO. but 
just a couple of comments while i have the chance:

(1) i proposed a much more subtle analysis in my doctoral dissertation (U 
of Toronto 1995) in which I argued for a V2 (read "verb-second") analysis, 
comparable in many respects to the germanic phenomenon. (unfortunately 
it's in WordPerfect, and without the graphics; but i'm trying to make a 
version available, and there is still the Michigan service too.)

(2) a quick and dirty idea of the approach and its value can be found in 
my paper in the volume "The Verbless Clause in Biblical Hebrew" (1999).  i 
find the idea of a dummy position enlightening these days.... 
(Eisenbrauns, edited by C. Miller.)

(3) Liz: you don't know **anyone** who does hebrew and chomsky ... ?? ;-)

shalom from Bay St,
V
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Dr Vincent DeCaen
Research Associate
Near & Middle Eastern Civilizations
University of Toronto

Hebrew Syntax Encoding Initiative (HSEI)
http://www.chass.utoronto.ca/~decaen/hsei/
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