Israeli Hebrew is a spoken language, reinvented during the 20th century. It has responded to the social and technological demands of globalization with a vigorously developing multi-sourced lexicon, enriched by foreign language contact. In this detailed and rigorous study, Ghil'ad Zuckermann provides a principled classification of neologisms, their semantic fields and the roles of source languages, along with a sociolinguistic study of the attitudes of purists and ordinary native speakers in the tension between linguistic creativity and the preservation of a distinct language identity.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Palgrave USA
ISBN-13
9781403917232
eBay Product ID (ePID)
94681816
Product Key Features
Subject Area
Religious Sociology
Author
G. Zuckermann
Publication Name
Language Contact and Lexical Enrichment in Israeli Hebrew
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Publication Year
2003
Type
Study Guide
Number of Pages
294 Pages
Dimensions
Item Height
216mm
Item Width
140mm
Item Weight
515g
Additional Product Features
Title_Author
G. Zuckermann
Series Title
Palgrave Studies in Language History and Language Change